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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 .....#####
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#####..### 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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#######..# ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] .#########
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