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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 ..:-:%%@@#
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#@@%%:-:.. 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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%:-:...... side, looking the other way. its ......:-:%
:-:....... antlers are bloodied.] .......:-:
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