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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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..:«†*£#¶# 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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