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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. ..~~;=££@@
#@@££=;~~. .~~;=££@@#
@@££=;~~.. 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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