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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. .&.....&..
&.&.&&.... &&....&&..
&&&&.&...& 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. ..&.&&&...
.&.&....&. .&&&..&..&
&&&&...&&. 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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