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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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&&.......& 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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.&&&..&.&& SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS &&.....&..
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