@#&@$=-^.. ..^-=$@&#@
#&@$=-^... ...^-=$@&#
&@$=-^.... ....^-=$@&
@$=-^..... .....^-=$@
$=-^...... ......^-=$
=-^....... #....# .......^-=
-^........ #...# #...# ........^-
^......... #...# #...# .........^
.......... #...# {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.] ..........
^......... .........^
-^........ ........^-
=-^....... .......^-=
$=-^...... ......^-=$
@$=-^..... .....^-=$@