,,,~~/**#@ @#**/~~,,,
,,,~///%%# #%%///~,,,
,,,,,,,/%@ @%/,,,,,,,
,,~///%%## ##%%///~,,
,,,,~~//%# #%//~~,,,,
,,~/*%#@## #,,,,# ##@#%*/~,,
,,~/*%#### #,,,# #,,,# ####%*/~,,
,,,,,~/*## #,,,# #,,,# ##*/~,,,,,
,,~/*%#@## #,,,# {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.] #%/,,,,,,,
,,~/*%%%#@ @#%%%*/~,,
,~/*%#@### ###@#%*/~,
,,~/*%#@## ##@#%*/~,,
,,~/*%#@## ##@#%*/~,,
,,,,,~*#@@ @@#*~,,,,,