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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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...~«=†§&@               #...# = #...#              @&§†=«~...
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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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......~«=†               #...# = #...#              †=«~......
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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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