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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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&.&..&.&.& 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 &.&.&.&.&.
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&.&.&&.&.& 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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