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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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#@@@%=^¨¨¨ [picture of a deer head. from the far ¨¨¨^=%@@@#
@@@%=^¨¨¨¨ side, looking the other way. its ¨¨¨¨^=%@@@
@@%=^¨¨¨¨¨ antlers are bloodied.] ¨¨¨¨¨^=%@@
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