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&.&.&&.... #...# {roe} deer #...# ..&&......
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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. &&&&&.&...
.&.&...&&. ....&&&...
&&&&..&.&& 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. .&.&..&...
&.&...&.&. &&&&.&&...
&&&..&&&&. 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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