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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 ....@@@...
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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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