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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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###&*:~,.. [picture of a deer head. from the far ..,~:*&###
##&*:~,... side, looking the other way. its ...,~:*&##
#&*:~,.... antlers are bloodied.] ....,~:*&#
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