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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 ..~-*%¤@¶#
¶@¤%*-~... 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. .....~-*%¤
%*-~...... ......~-*%
*-~....... 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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