....:=\$%# #%$\=:....
.....:=\$% %$\=:.....
......:=\$ $\=:......
.......:=\ \=:.......
........:= =:........
.........: #....# :.........
.......... #...# #...# ..........
.......... #...# #...# ..........
.......... #...# {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.] ###%$\=:..
.:=\$%#### ####%$\=:.
..:=\$%### ###%$\=:..
...:=\$%## ##%$\=:...
....:=\$%# #%$\=:....
.....:=\$% %$\=:.....