#¤%/--¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨--/%¤#
#%/..¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨../%#
##@#¤%/-.¨ ¨.-/%¤#@##
##@#¤%/-.¨ ¨.-/%¤#@##
@@#%%//-.¨ ¨.-//%%#@@
##%-..¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨..-%##
###@#%/-.¨ #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ¨.-/%#@###
@##¤¤%/-.¨ #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ¨.-/%¤¤##@
#¤¤%---.¨¨ #¨¨¨# {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.] ¨.-/%¤#@##
##@#¤%/-.¨ ¨.-/%¤#@##
##¤¤¤%/-.¨ ¨.-/%¤¤¤##
@¤/-¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨-/¤@
##@#¤%/-.¨ ¨.-/%¤#@##
##@#¤%/-.¨ ¨.-/%¤#@##