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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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,,,,,:~;$$ WARMER REGIONS INSTEAD ASCRIBE IT THE $$;~:,,,,,
,,,,:~;$$# KNIFE (TEETH, RUMORS OF VIOLENCE), OR #$$;~:,,,,
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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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