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§$*--..... [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD, IN A GARLAND .....--*$§
¶§$*--.... WOVEN OF VARIOUS GRASSES. ....--*$§¶
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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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¶§$*--.... TOO NARROW FOR THEM. ANTLERS FROM DEAD ....--*$§¶
§$*--..... DEER SEEM TO LOSE THIS POWER. .....--*$§
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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 .......--*
$*--...... SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS ......--*$
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