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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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..«=§@§### side,  looking   the   other  way.   its ###§@§=«..
..«=§@@§@@          antlers are bloodied.]          @@§@@§=«..
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