....~*** #&***~....
..~~~***#@ @#***~~~..
....~~~* #&*~~~....
....~****# #****~....
.~~**@## ##@#&**~~.
.~~**@@# #....# #@@#&**~~.
.~~**@@# #...# #...# #@@#&**~~.
.....~*&@@ #...# #...# @@&*~.....
.~~**@@# #...# {ROE} DEER #...# #@@#&**~~.
.~~**@@@ #...# #...# @@@#&**~~.
....~**@ #...# #...# @#&**~....
.~~**@## #....# ##@#&**~~.
.~~**@@# #@@#&**~~.
....~~*&@@ @@&*~~....
...~**** [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.] @&*~......
.~~**@@# #@@#&**~~.
...~~~~~*# #...# #*~~~~~...
.~~**@@# #...# * #...# #@@#&**~~.
..~~~**&@@ #...# @@&**~~~..
.~~**@@@ @@@#&**~~.
.~~**@## IN THE NORTH, THE DEER IS OFTEN USED AS ##@#&**~~.
.~~**@## A SYMBOL FOR THE FOREST'S AGENCY, OR ##@#&**~~.
.~~**@@@ ITS SELF-KNOWLEDGE. WATCHING EYES. @@@#&**~~.
.....~**#@ @#**~.....
.~~**@@@ WARMER REGIONS INSTEAD ASCRIBE IT THE @@@#&**~~.
....~~*@ KNIFE (TEETH, RUMORS OF VIOLENCE), OR @#&*~~....
.~~**@@# OBSESSION (UNBLINKING EYES, ALWAYS #@@#&**~~.
.~~**@@# AWAKE, SCRAPIE-LIKE BEHAVIOR). #@@#&**~~.
.~~****# ##&****~~.
.~~**@@# #...# #@@#&**~~.
....~*** #...# * #...# #&***~....
.....~*# #...# ##&*~.....
.....~**#@ @#**~.....
.~~**@@# 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. ##@@#&*~~.
.~~**@@# #@@#&**~~.
.~~**@@@ 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. @&*~......
....~***## ##***~....
.~~**#@@## 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. @##&**~...
.~~**@@# #@@#&**~~.
.....~~* #...# #&*~~.....
.~~**@@# #...# * #...# #@@#&**~~.
.~~**@@@ #...# @@@#&**~~.
.......~*# #*~.......
.~~**@## [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD. FROM THE FAR ##@#&**~~.
~~**@@## SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS ##@@#&**~~
....~~~~*# ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] #*~~~~....
.~~**@@# #@@#&**~~.
.~~**#@@ @@##&**~~.
.....~** #&**~.....
.....~~*&@ @&*~~.....
.~~**&@@## ##@@&**~~.