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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 ..^~;†§¤¶#
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#¶¤§†;~^.. antlers are bloodied.] ..^~;†§¤¶#
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