¨¨¨¨¨~=§&# #&§=~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~=§&&@## ##@&&§=~~¨
¨~~~==§&&& &&&§==~~~¨
¨¨¨¨~=§&&@ @&&§=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~~~§&&@ @&&§~~~¨¨¨
¨~~§&&@### #¨¨¨¨# ###@&&§~~¨
¨~~=§&&&&@ #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# @&&&&§=~~¨
¨~~=§&&@## #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ##@&&§=~~¨
¨¨~~~=&&&# #¨¨¨# {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.] @@@&&§=~~¨
¨¨¨~~~§&&& &&&§~~~¨¨¨
¨~~=§&&@## ##@&&§=~~¨
¨~~=§&&@## ##@&&§=~~¨
¨¨¨¨~~=§&& &&§=~~¨¨¨¨
¨~~=§&&@## ##@&&§=~~¨