.##.#.#.##                                          ..###.###.
#.######.#                                          .#..##..#.
##.....###                                          ##.#.#.###
.#....#..#                                          .######...
##...##.#.                                          #.....#...
.#..#.####                  #....#                  #....##..#
##.###....              #...#    #...#              #...#.#.##
.##..#....           #...#          #...#           #..#####..
#.#.##...#          #...# {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.]          ..###.###.
#.######.#                                          .#..##..#.
##.....###                                          ##.#.#.###
.#....#..#                                          .######...
##...##.#.                                          #.....#...
.#..#.####                                          #....##..#