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..,«:$&###          #...# {roe} deer #...#          ###&$:«,..
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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.              $:«,......
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....,«:$&#          antlers are bloodied.]          #&$:«,....
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