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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 ....##....
.#..#.###. 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. #####.#...
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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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.....#..## [picture of a  deer head.  from  the far #.....#..#
....##.#.. side,  looking   the   other   way.  its #....##.##
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