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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 ...&.....&
&.....&&&. antlers are bloodied.] ....&.....
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