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&&&&&..&&. woven of various grasses. .&.&.&&&&&
.....&.&.& the deer has a crown of rowan, and is &&&&&&....
.....&&&&& looking at the viewer.] ......&...
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&&&&.&.&.& 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 &..&.&..&.
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...&&&.&.& 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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