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¨¨¨¨¨¨-*$# woven of various grasses. #$*-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨:-\*$#### the deer has a crown of rowan, and is ####$*\-:¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-\$# looking at the viewer.] #$\-¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨:::\\$$# in the north, the deer is often used as #$$\\:::¨¨
¨:-\*$#### a symbol for the forest's agency, or ####$*\-:¨
¨:-\*$#### its self-knowledge. watching eyes. ####$*\-:¨
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¨:-*$##### warmer regions instead ascribe it the #####$*-:¨
¨:-\*$#### knife (teeth, rumors of violence), or ####$*\-:¨
¨¨¨¨:-*$## obsession (unblinking eyes, always ##$*-:¨¨¨¨
¨:-\*$#### awake, scrapie-like behavior). ####$*\-:¨
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¨:-\*$#### the deer is a cross between a horse and ####$*\-:¨
¨:-\*$#### a dog. it bears a resemblance to a ####$*\-:¨
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¨¨¨---*### sweet-smelling nose, like honey. ###*---¨¨¨
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¨:-\*##### the horns of a deer is called antlers. #####*\-:¨
¨:-\*$#### they have a complex fractal shape, and ####$*\-:¨
¨:-\*$#### are believed to enable the deer to ####$*\-:¨
¨:-\*$#### "fold" through passages which should be ####$*\-:¨
¨:-\*$$$## 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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¨:-\*$#### [picture of a deer head. from the far ####$*\-:¨
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¨:-\*$#### antlers are bloodied.] ####$*\-:¨
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