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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 ##..#.....
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######..## THE DEER IS A CROSS BETWEEN A HORSE AND ..#..##...
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#......... 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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