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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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