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,,,~«=%¤¤# woven of various grasses. #¤¤%=«~,,,
,,~«=%¤¤## the deer has a crown of rowan, and is ##¤¤%=«~,,
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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. =«~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~« «~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ 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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,,,,,~«=%¤ side, looking the other way. its ¤%=«~,,,,,
,,,,~«=%¤¤ antlers are bloodied.] ¤¤%=«~,,,,
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