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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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