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