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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 ##..#..#.#
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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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####.#...# side,   looking   the  other   way.  its ####.#..##
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