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...#...### 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    #......#..
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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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