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&&..&&&&.. #...# {roe} deer #...# &...&&&.&.
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.&&&&&..&& #...# #...# ..&.&&.&..
.&....&.&. #....# &.&&&.&&&.
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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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&.&.&&..&& #...# &.&.&&....
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&....&&&&& #...# .....&&&..
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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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&&&...&&.& #...# &&..&..&&&
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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. ..&...&...
&&...&..&. ..&&..&&..
&.&..&&.&& 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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&..&..&..& #...# / #...# ..&&&&&&&.
&&.&&.&&.& #...# ..&......&
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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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