#@¶§§%;-~. .~-;%§§¶@#
@@¶§§%;-~. .~-;%§§¶@@
§%%%;;;-~. .~-;;;%%%§
§%;-...... ......-;%§
§§;----... ...----;§§
##¶§§%;-~. #....# .~-;%§§¶##
#@¶§§%;-~. #...# #...# .~-;%§§¶@#
@¶§%--~... #...# #...# ...~--%§¶@
#@¶§§%;-~. #...# {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.] .~-;%§§¶@#
¶¶¶§§%;-~. .~-;%§§¶¶¶
#@¶§§%;-~. .~-;%§§¶@#
§§;~...... ......~;§§
#@¶§§%;-~. .~-;%§§¶@#
§§§%;~~... ...~~;%§§§