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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. .....~-=*§
*=-~...... ......~-=*
=-~....... 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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