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,,,,,,,:~: woven of various grasses. :~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:~:* the deer has a crown of rowan, and is *:~:,,,,,,
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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 £*:~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~:* 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 #¶#£*:~:,,
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,,:~:*£#¶# 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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