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#@@§%=:=.. #...# #...# ..=:=%§@@#
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@§%=:=.... #...# #...# ....=:=%§@
§%=:=..... #...# #...# .....=:=%§
%=:=...... #....# ......=:=%
=:=....... .......=:=
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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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§%=:=..... .....=:=%§
%=:=...... WARMER REGIONS INSTEAD ASCRIBE IT THE ......=:=%
=:=....... KNIFE (TEETH, RUMORS OF VIOLENCE), OR .......=:=
:=........ OBSESSION (UNBLINKING EYES, ALWAYS ........=:
=......... AWAKE, SCRAPIE-LIKE BEHAVIOR). .........=
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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. .........=
.......... ..........
=......... 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 ........=:
=......... ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] .........=
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