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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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########## [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD. FROM THE FAR ##########
########## SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS ##########
########## ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] ##########
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