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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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....:»†%£§ 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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