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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. ¶&$*:~~...
..~~:*$&¶# #¶&$*:~~..
.~~:*$&¶## 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. &$*:~~....
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...~~:*$&¶ side, looking the other way. its ¶&$*:~~...
..~~:*$&¶# antlers are bloodied.] #¶&$*:~~..
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