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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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..~†$$$§¶# the  deer is a cross between a horse and #¶§$$$†~..
..~†$&§¶## a  dog.  it bears  a  resemblance  to  a ##¶§&$†~..
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.....~$$§§     sweet-smelling nose, like honey.     §§$$~.....
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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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..~†††&§§#          antlers are bloodied.]          #§§&†††~..
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