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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 ....&....&
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..&....&.& 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 &&...&.&&.
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&...&&&... 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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