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.^«;†$#£##         woven of various grasses.        ##£#$†;«^.
..^«;†$#£# the deer  has a crown of rowan,  and  is #£#$†;«^..
...^«;†$#£          looking at the viewer.]         £#$†;«^...
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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    $†;«^.....
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....^«;†$# 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 £#$†;«^...
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.^«;†$#£## 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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