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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. .........,
.......... ..........
.......... 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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.......... #...# † #...# ..........
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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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