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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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