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