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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 @......@..
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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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