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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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,,,,,,~^^§ side, looking the other way. its §^^~,,,,,,
,.=^$§#### antlers are bloodied.] ####§$^=.,
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