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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 £§^~.,,,,,
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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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