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&&&&.&&&.. 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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