......~-\^ ^\-~......
.......~-\ \-~.......
......~-\^ ^\-~......
.....~-\^$ $^\-~.....
....~-\^$& &$^\-~....
...~-\^$ #....# #&$^\-~...
..~-\^$# #...# #...# ##&$^\-~..
.~-\^$## #...# #...# ###&$^\-~.
..~-\^$# #...# {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. ##&$^\-~..
.~-\^$## ###&$^\-~.
..~-\^$# #...# ##&$^\-~..
...~-\^$ #...# \ #...# #&$^\-~...
....~-\^$& #...# &$^\-~....
.....~-\^$ $^\-~.....
......~-\^ [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD. FROM THE FAR ^\-~......
.......~-\ SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS \-~.......
......~-\^ ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] ^\-~......
.....~-\^$ $^\-~.....
....~-\^$& &$^\-~....
...~-\^$ #&$^\-~...
..~-\^$# ##&$^\-~..
.~-\^$## ###&$^\-~.