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&&&..&&..& the deer has a crown of rowan, and is .&..&.&.&.
&..&.&.&.& looking at the viewer.] &&&.&&&&&&
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&&..&&..&. 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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&.&&..&&&. 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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&&....&&.. side, looking the other way. its &&.&&..&..
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