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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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,,,,-~=$## the deer is a cross between a horse and ##$=~-,,,,
,,,-~=$### a dog. it bears a resemblance to a ###$=~-,,,
,,-~=$#### young salix tree, and has a ####$=~-,,
,-~=$##### sweet-smelling nose, like honey. #####$=~-,
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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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