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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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####¤$*~~. knife (teeth, rumors of violence), or .~~*$¤####
#¤¤**==~~. 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. ...~~~*¤¤#
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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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¤¤*~...... [picture of a deer head. from the far ......~*¤¤
###¤$*=~~. side, looking the other way. its .~~=*$¤###
##¤*~~.... antlers are bloodied.] ....~~*¤##
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