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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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