####%*=~.¨ ¨.~=*%####
#%****=~.¨ ¨.~=****%#
####%*=~.¨ ¨.~=*%####
##%%%*=~.¨ ¨.~=*%%%##
#%=..¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨..=%#
##%*~~~~.¨ #¨¨¨¨# ¨.~~~~*%##
#####%*=~¨ #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ¨~=*%#####
##**~.¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨.~**##
#%%==.¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# {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.] ¨.~=*%####
##*===.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.===*##
####%*=~.¨ ¨.~=*%####
####%*=~.¨ ¨.~=*%####
####%*=~.¨ ¨.~=*%####
#%%%=~.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.~=%%%#