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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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