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..&..&.&&. [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD, IN A GARLAND .....&....
...&...&&& WOVEN OF VARIOUS GRASSES. ......&...
....&..&.& THE DEER HAS A CROWN OF ROWAN, AND IS .......&..
.....&...& LOOKING AT THE VIEWER.] ........&.
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....&..... IN THE NORTH, THE DEER IS OFTEN USED AS .&&&......
.....&.... A SYMBOL FOR THE FOREST'S AGENCY, OR .&.&&.....
......&... ITS SELF-KNOWLEDGE. WATCHING EYES. ...&&&....
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........&. WARMER REGIONS INSTEAD ASCRIBE IT THE .&...&&&..
.........& KNIFE (TEETH, RUMORS OF VIOLENCE), OR ..&..&.&&.
.......... OBSESSION (UNBLINKING EYES, ALWAYS ...&...&&&
&......... AWAKE, SCRAPIE-LIKE BEHAVIOR). ....&..&.&
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.&...&&&.. A DOG. IT BEARS A RESEMBLANCE TO A ....&.....
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...&...&&& SWEET-SMELLING NOSE, LIKE HONEY. &&....&...
....&..&.& .&&....&..
.....&...& THE HORNS OF A DEER IS CALLED ANTLERS. .&&&....&.
......&..& THEY HAVE A COMPLEX FRACTAL SHAPE, AND .&.&&....&
&......&.. ARE BELIEVED TO ENABLE THE DEER TO ...&&&....
.&......&. "FOLD" THROUGH PASSAGES WHICH SHOULD BE ...&.&&...
..&......& TOO NARROW FOR THEM. ANTLERS FROM DEAD .....&&&..
...&...... DEER SEEM TO LOSE THIS POWER. .....&.&&.
....&..... .......&&&
&....&.... A DEER'S HEART HAS TWO CHAMBERS, WHERE .......&.&
&&....&... IT STORES ALL THE SECRETS IT MIGHT SEE .........&
.&&....&.. DURING THE COURSE OF IT'S LIFE. WITH .........&
.&&&....&. AGE THE SECRETS WILL HARDEN INTO A ..........
.&.&&....& CARAMELLIZED STRUCTURE, WHICH WILL &.........
...&&&.... EVENTUALLY BLOCK THE FLOW OF BLOOD, AND .&........
...&.&&... KILL THE DEER. ..&.......
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.........& [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD. FROM THE FAR .&&..&..&.
.......... SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS .&&&..&..&
&......... ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] .&.&&..&..
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