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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. .....,~=*§
¤§*=~,.... ....,~=*§¤
£¤§*=~,... 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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