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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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