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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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