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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 .#..#####.
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###....### in the north, the deer is often used as #####...##
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#........# 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 ###..##..#
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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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