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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. ###&§§\»~,
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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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,~»\§§&### [picture of a deer head. from the far ###&§§\»~,
,~»\§§&### side, looking the other way. its ###&§§\»~,
,~»\§§&### antlers are bloodied.] ###&§§\»~,
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