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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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