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#@&%†~~... 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 .......~~†
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