,,,^~*§§¶# #¶§§*~^,,,
,,,,^~*§§¶ ¶§§*~^,,,,
,,,,,^~*§§ §§*~^,,,,,
,,,,,,^~*§ §*~^,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^~* *~^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^~ #,,,,# ~^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,^ #,,,# #,,,# ^,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^~ #,,,# #,,,# ~^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^~* #,,,# {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.] ###¶§§*~^,
,,^~*§§¶## ##¶§§*~^,,
,,,^~*§§¶# #¶§§*~^,,,
,,,,^~*§§¶ ¶§§*~^,,,,
,,,,,^~*§§ §§*~^,,,,,
,,,,,,^~*§ §*~^,,,,,,