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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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