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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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###¤$§^=.¨ awake, scrapie-like behavior). ¨.=^§$¤###
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.
=.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.=
^=.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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