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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 ####£^=~-,
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,,,-~=^£## 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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