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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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