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£§**~-.... 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 ...-~**§£#
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§**~-..... 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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