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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 ##¶&£^*-~.
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.~-*^£&¶## 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 ##¶&£^*-~.
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.~-*^£&&¶# 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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