....~~:%§# #§%:~~....
...~~:%§## ##§%:~~...
..~~:%§### ###§%:~~..
.~~:%§#### ####§%:~~.
..~~:%§### ###§%:~~..
...~~:%§## #....# ##§%:~~...
....~~:%§# #...# #...# #§%:~~....
.....~~:%§ #...# #...# §%:~~.....
......~~:% #...# {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.] %:~~......
.....~~:%§ §%:~~.....
....~~:%§# #§%:~~....
...~~:%§## ##§%:~~...
..~~:%§### ###§%:~~..
.~~:%§#### ####§%:~~.