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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. ,,,^~:**§#
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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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##§**:~^,, [picture of a deer head. from the far ,,^~:**§##
###§**:~^, side, looking the other way. its ,^~:**§###
##§**:~^,, antlers are bloodied.] ,,^~:**§##
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