,^«\§%@### ###@%§\«^,
,^«\§%&@## ##@&%§\«^,
,^«\§%&@## ##@&%§\«^,
,,,,,,«§§& &§§«,,,,,,
,^«\§%&&@# #@&&%§\«^,
,,,,,^\§%@ #,,,,# @%§\^,,,,,
,^«\§%%%%& #,,,# #,,,# &%%%%§\«^,
,^«\§%&@@# #,,,# #,,,# #@@&%§\«^,
,^«««§%%%@ #,,,# {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.] ##@&%§\«^,
,^«\§%&@## ##@&%§\«^,
,^«««§§&@# #@&§§«««^,
,^«\§%&@## ##@&%§\«^,
,,,,^\%&@# #@&%\^,,,,
,^«\§%&@## ##@&%§\«^,