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###¤$^/«^. looking at the viewer.] .^«/^$¤###
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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. .....^^«^¤
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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. .^^^^^/^¤#
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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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