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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. .&&&&&...&
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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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