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.&..&..&&& 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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