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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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&....&.&.. [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD. FROM THE FAR &&..&.&.&&
.&...&&&&. SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS &.&.&&&&&.
.&&..&...& ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] &&&&&....&
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