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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. ..........
.......... ..........
.......... 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. .......~=^
*^=~...... ......~=^*
£*^=~..... 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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