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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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