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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. &.&&..&.&.
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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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