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.&.&.&.&.& WOVEN OF VARIOUS GRASSES. &.&&.&.&.&
.&.&.&.&.& THE DEER HAS A CROWN OF ROWAN, AND IS &..&.&.&.&
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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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.&.&.&.&.& 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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