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,:~:=%%§## the deer has a crown of rowan, and is ##§%%=:~:,
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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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,:~:=%§### 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 ###§%=:~:,
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,:~:=%#### 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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