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#.#.#.#### the deer  has a crown of  rowan,  and is .###..####
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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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.#.#.####. 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 #.####....
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#....###.. eventually block the  flow of blood, and #..#..##..
##...#..#.              kill the deer.              .#.##.#.#.
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