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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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