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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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