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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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....-~/*£¤ a symbol for the forest's agency, or ¤£*/~-....
...-~/*£¤@ its self-knowledge. watching eyes. @¤£*/~-...
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..-~/*£¤@# knife (teeth, rumors of violence), or #@¤£*/~-..
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....-~/*£¤ 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 */~-......
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....-~/*£¤ 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 ##@¤£*/~-.
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...-~/*£¤@ age the secrets will harden into a @¤£*/~-...
....-~/*£¤ caramellized structure, which will ¤£*/~-....
.....-~/*£ eventually block the flow of blood, and £*/~-.....
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