¨^-/†*#@@# #@@#*†/-^¨
¨^--//†*#@ @#*†//--^¨
¨^-/††**#@ @#**††/-^¨
¨^-/†*#@@# #@@#*†/-^¨
¨^-/†*#@@@ @@@#*†/-^¨
¨¨^-////*@ #¨¨¨¨# @*////-^¨¨
¨¨¨¨-//††# #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# #††//-¨¨¨¨
¨^-/†*#@@# #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# #@@#*†/-^¨
¨^-/†*#@@@ #¨¨¨# {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.] #@@#*†/-^¨
¨^^^---†*@ @*†---^^^¨
¨¨^^-/*### ###*/-^^¨¨
¨^-/†*#@@# #@@#*†/-^¨
¨^-/†***#@ @#***†/-^¨
¨^-/†*#@@# #@@#*†/-^¨