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,-~;^%§£## 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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,,,--~^§§# antlers are bloodied.] #§§^~--,,,
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