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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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###@*:~:.. 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 ....:~:*@#
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###@*:~:.. 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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