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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 #...#..#.#
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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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....###... side,  looking   the   other   way.  its ...#..#.##
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