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=†~.,,,,,, woven of various grasses. ,,,,,,.~†=
%=†~.,,,,, 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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#@@%=†~.,, 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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~.,,,,,,,, side, looking the other way. its ,,,,,,,,.~
†~.,,,,,,, antlers are bloodied.] ,,,,,,,.~†
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