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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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#@@¤$**~^¨ in the north, the deer is often used as ¨^~**$¤@@#
¤$**~¨¨¨¨¨ a symbol for the forest's agency, or ¨¨¨¨¨~**$¤
@¤***~~¨¨¨ 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 ¨^~**¤@@##
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¤¤¤¤$**~^¨ the horns of a deer is called antlers. ¨^~**$¤¤¤¤
#@@¤$**~^¨ they have a complex fractal shape, and ¨^~**$¤@@#
#@@¤$**~^¨ are believed to enable the deer to ¨^~**$¤@@#
@¤¤¤$**~^¨ "fold" through passages which should be ¨^~**$¤¤¤@
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#@@¤$**~^¨ deer seem to lose this power. ¨^~**$¤@@#
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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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##@¤$**~^¨ side, looking the other way. its ¨^~**$¤@##
@¤¤¤$**~^¨ antlers are bloodied.] ¨^~**$¤¤¤@
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