,:~†*@¶### ###¶@*†~:,
,:~†%*@¶## ##¶@*%†~:,
,:~†%%%%*¶ ¶*%%%%†~:,
,:~†%*@¶## ##¶@*%†~:,
,:~†%*@¶¶¶ ¶¶¶@*%†~:,
,:~†%*@¶## #,,,,# ##¶@*%†~:,
,,,,::†%*¶ #,,,# #,,,# ¶*%†::,,,,
,:~†%*@¶## #,,,# #,,,# ##¶@*%†~:,
,:~†%***@¶ #,,,# {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.] ¶@*%~::,,,
,,,,,:†%@@ @@%†:,,,,,
,:~†%*@¶## ##¶@*%†~:,
,,,:††%*@# #@*%††:,,,
,:~†%*@@@# #@@@*%†~:,
,:~†%%*@@¶ ¶@@*%%†~:,