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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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