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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. £&&&&^*-~.
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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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.~-*^&&£## antlers are bloodied.] ##£&&^*-~.
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