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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. &.&.&..&.&
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.&&..&.&.& 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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