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§§:~...... [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD, IN A GARLAND ......~:§§
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#*§:~,.... THE DEER HAS A CROWN OF ROWAN, AND IS ....,~:§*#
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###§*§:~,. 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 .,~:§*§###
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§§***§:~,. THE DEER IS A CROSS BETWEEN A HORSE AND .,~:§***§§
###§*§:~,. A DOG. IT BEARS A RESEMBLANCE TO A .,~:§*§###
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###§*§:~,. 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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