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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. ####%**=-,
,-=**%#### ####%**=-,
,,,,,,=*%# 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. ####%**=-,
,-=**%#### ####%**=-,
,,,,-**%## 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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