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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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