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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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.....&&&.. SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS ....&.....
.....&.&&. ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] .....&....
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