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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 ##########
########## 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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########## #¨¨¨# = #¨¨¨# ##########
########## #¨¨¨# ##########
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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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