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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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,,,,,-~*$* THE DEER IS A CROSS BETWEEN A HORSE AND *$*~-,,,,,
,,,,-~*$*# A DOG. IT BEARS A RESEMBLANCE TO A #*$*~-,,,,
,,,-~*$*#@ YOUNG SALIX TREE, AND HAS A @#*$*~-,,,
,,-~*$*#@# SWEET-SMELLING NOSE, LIKE HONEY. #@#*$*~-,,
,-~*$*#@## ##@#*$*~-,
,,-~*$*#@# THE HORNS OF A DEER IS CALLED ANTLERS. #@#*$*~-,,
,,,-~*$*#@ THEY HAVE A COMPLEX FRACTAL SHAPE, AND @#*$*~-,,,
,,,,-~*$*# ARE BELIEVED TO ENABLE THE DEER TO #*$*~-,,,,
,,,,,-~*$* "FOLD" THROUGH PASSAGES WHICH SHOULD BE *$*~-,,,,,
,,,,,,-~*$ TOO NARROW FOR THEM. ANTLERS FROM DEAD $*~-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-~* DEER SEEM TO LOSE THIS POWER. *~-,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,- A DEER'S HEART HAS TWO CHAMBERS, WHERE -,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, IT STORES ALL THE SECRETS IT MIGHT SEE ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, DURING THE COURSE OF IT'S LIFE. WITH ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, AGE THE SECRETS WILL HARDEN INTO A ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, CARAMELLIZED STRUCTURE, WHICH WILL ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, EVENTUALLY BLOCK THE FLOW OF BLOOD, AND ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, KILL THE DEER. ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,-~*$* [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD. FROM THE FAR *$*~-,,,,,
,,,,-~*$*# SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS #*$*~-,,,,
,,,-~*$*#@ ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] @#*$*~-,,,
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