..~;$%&@@# #@@&%$;~..
.....~;%&& &&%;~.....
..~;$%&@@@ @@@&%$;~..
..~~~;%%&@ @&%%;~~~..
..~;$%&@@# #@@&%$;~..
....~$$$%& #....# &%$$$~....
..~;$%&@## #...# #...# ##@&%$;~..
.....~$%&@ #...# #...# @&%$~.....
......;$&@ #...# {roe} deer #...# @&$;......
..~~~$$&&@ #...# #...# @&&$$~~~..
..~;$%&@@@ #...# #...# @@@&%$;~..
..~;$%&@@# #....# #@@&%$;~..
..~;;;$%%& &%%$;;;~..
.......;$& &$;.......
....;;$&@@ [picture of a deer head, in a garland @@&$;;....
..~;$%&@## woven of various grasses. ##@&%$;~..
......;%%@ 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 @@%%;;;~..
..~;$%&@@# eventually block the flow of blood, and #@@&%$;~..
..~;$%%%%@ kill the deer. @%%%%$;~..
..~;$%@@## ##@@%$;~..
.....;;%&& #...# &&%;;.....
..~;$%&@@# #...# ; #...# #@@&%$;~..
..~;$%&@@# #...# #@@&%$;~..
..~;$%&@@@ @@@&%$;~..
..~;$%&@## [picture of a deer head. from the far ##@&%$;~..
..~;$%&@@# side, looking the other way. its #@@&%$;~..
..~;;$%&&@ antlers are bloodied.] @&&%$;;~..
..~;$$%&&& &&&%$$;~..
....;;$&&@ @&&$;;....
.......~$& &$~.......
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