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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. .....^~^*%
*^~^...... ......^~^*
^~^....... 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. ..^~^*%@@#
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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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