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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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,,,,,,,,.~ ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] ~.,,,,,,,,
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