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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 #....#####
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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 ...##....#
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