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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 .##......#
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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 ###....##.
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####..#### [picture of a deer head. from the far ####......
.##....##. side, looking the other way. its .##..####.
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