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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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