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#.##...#.#          #...# {roe} deer #...#          #......##.
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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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