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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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&&&....&&. 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 &&&..&&&.&
..&.&&.&.. antlers are bloodied.] ..&.&..&&&
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