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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 #.#.......
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