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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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