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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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