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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 ##..##....
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##..##.... AWAKE, SCRAPIE-LIKE BEHAVIOR). ######..##
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......#### 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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