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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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