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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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