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:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ woven of various grasses. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ the deer has a crown of rowan, and is ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
;~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ looking at the viewer.] ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~;
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*;~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨:~;*£
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*;~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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