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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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&.&.&.&.&. [picture of a deer head. from the far .&.&.&&.&.
&.&.&.&.&. side, looking the other way. its &&.&..&.&.
&.&.&.&.&. antlers are bloodied.] .&.&.&&.&.
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