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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. &&.&&.&&&&
&....&.&&. ..&&.&&...
&&...&&&.& 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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