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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 .@@....@@@
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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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