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