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¨,=^=### 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 ####&=^=,¨
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¨,=^=### sweet-smelling nose, like honey. ####&=^=,¨
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¨,=^=### they have a complex fractal shape, and ####&=^=,¨
¨,=^=### are believed to enable the deer to ####&=^=,¨
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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 ####&=^=,¨
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¨,=^===# caramellized structure, which will ##&===^=,¨
¨,=^=### eventually block the flow of blood, and ####&=^=,¨
¨,=^=### kill the deer. ####&=^=,¨
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