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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-
~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~
*~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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