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;=........ [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD, IN A GARLAND ........=;
^;=....... WOVEN OF VARIOUS GRASSES. .......=;^
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££^;=..... 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 .........=
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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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