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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. ..&&&.....
&&.&&.&&&& &.&..&....
&.&&.&&... 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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