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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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#.##...### side,   looking  the  other   way.   its ####..#..#
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