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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 ..~=^%&¶@#
¶&^~~~~~.. 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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