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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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###$^:=~¨¨ warmer regions instead ascribe it the ¨¨~=:^$###
####$^:=~¨ knife (teeth, rumors of violence), or ¨~=:^$####
###$^:=~¨¨ obsession (unblinking eyes, always ¨¨~=:^$###
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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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