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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. ££%^^^/~..
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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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