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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 .&...&&&.&
&&&.&.&.&. antlers are bloodied.] &&..&..&&.
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