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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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=^~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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#$=^~:¨¨¨¨ antlers are bloodied.] ¨¨¨¨:~^=$#
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