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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 ####**^«~,
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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 ####**^«~,
,,~«^**### antlers are bloodied.] ###**^«~,,
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