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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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