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