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#@¶¤§%/~,. the deer has a crown of rowan, and is .,~/%§¤¶@#
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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 .,~/%§§¤¤¤
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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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##@¶¤%/~,. 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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