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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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....&&&..& SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS .&&...&&&.
....&.&&.. ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] .&&&..&.&&
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