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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.     *\--......
.....--\*£                                          £*\--.....
....--\*£§ 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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