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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.     .....~=^†%
&%†^=~....                                          ....~=^†%&
#&%†^=~... 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 .......~=^
†^=~......          ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.]          ......~=^†
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