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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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