,,,:-:^%@# #@%^:-:,,,
,,:-:^%@## ##@%^:-:,,
,:-:^%@### ###@%^:-:,
,,:-:^%@## ##@%^:-:,,
,,,:-:^%@# #@%^:-:,,,
,,,,:-:^%@ #,,,,# @%^:-:,,,,
,,,:-:^%@# #,,,# #,,,# #@%^:-:,,,
,,:-:^%@## #,,,# #,,,# ##@%^:-:,,
,:-:^%@### #,,,# {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.] ###@%^:-:,
,,:-:^%@## ##@%^:-:,,
,,,:-:^%@# #@%^:-:,,,
,,,,:-:^%@ @%^:-:,,,,
,,,:-:^%@# #@%^:-:,,,
,,:-:^%@## ##@%^:-:,,