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...####.## [picture of a deer  head,  in  a garland .##.#.#.#.
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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 .#....#...
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#..####..#    obsession (unblinking eyes, always    .#..#.#.#.
#.#...#.#.      awake, scrapie-like behavior).      ##.#######
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#.#.#...## the  deer is a cross between a horse and #.#..#..##
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....#.##.. 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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