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§/=:...... in the north, the deer is often used as ......:=/§
§§/=:..... a symbol for the forest's agency, or .....:=/§§
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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. ..:=/§§#@@
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#§§/=:.... 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 ....:=/§§#
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