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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 &&..&&..&.
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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 &...&&&...
&..&..&.&. 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. .&...&&&.&
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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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.&&&&&.&&& SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS ....&.&...
.&....&&.. ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] ....&&&&..
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