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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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