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,,---:&&#¶ 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 #¶¶#&%:~-,
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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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,,,,,~::%# side, looking the other way. its #%::~,,,,,
,,--:%%&¶¶ antlers are bloodied.] ¶¶&%%:--,,
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