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,,,#,,##,, [picture of a deer head, in a garland #,,,,,,,,,
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#,,####### 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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