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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 .####.....
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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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