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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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.......... ..........
.......... THE DEER IS A CROSS BETWEEN A HORSE AND ..........
.......... A DOG. IT BEARS A RESEMBLANCE TO A ..........
.......... YOUNG SALIX TREE, AND HAS A ..........
.......... 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 ......,=†*
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%*†=,..... 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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