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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.     #.#.##.##.
##.#..#..#                                          ####.##.#.
.###.##.#. 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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