,~~*$%&#@# #@#&%$*~~,
,,,,,~*$&& &&$*~,,,,,
,,,,,,~$%# #%$~,,,,,,
,,,,,~~*%& &%*~~,,,,,
,~~*$%&#@# #@#&%$*~~,
,~~*$%&#@# #,,,,# #@#&%$*~~,
,,,,,~~*$& #,,,# #,,,# &$*~~,,,,,
,,,~~**%&# #,,,# #,,,# #&%**~~,,,
,,,,,~~*$& #,,,# {roe} deer #,,,# &$*~~,,,,,
,~~~***$%& #,,,# #,,,# &%$***~~~,
,~~*$%&#@# #,,,# #,,,# #@#&%$*~~,
,,,,,,~*%# #,,,,# #%*~,,,,,,
,~~*$%&#@# #@#&%$*~~,
,,,,,~~*$& &$*~~,,,,,
,,,,~~~~$& [picture of a deer head, in a garland &$~~~~,,,,
,~~*$%&#@@ woven of various grasses. @@#&%$*~~,
,,,,,~*%&& 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. ##@#&%*~~,
,,,,,,~$%# #%$~,,,,,,
,~~*$%&##@ warmer regions instead ascribe it the @##&%$*~~,
,~~*$%&#@# knife (teeth, rumors of violence), or #@#&%$*~~,
,,,,~*$$&# obsession (unblinking eyes, always #&$$*~,,,,
,~~*$%&### awake, scrapie-like behavior). ###&%$*~~,
,~~*$%&#@# #@#&%$*~~,
,,,,~~~~$& #,,,# &$~~~~,,,,
,,,~~~$&&& #,,,# * #,,,# &&&$~~~,,,
,,,~~$$%%# #,,,# #%%$$~~,,,
,,,,~**%&# #&%**~,,,,
,,,,,~$$%& the deer is a cross between a horse and &%$$~,,,,,
,~~*$%#@## a dog. it bears a resemblance to a ##@#%$*~~,
,~~*$%&&&@ young salix tree, and has a @&&&%$*~~,
,~~*$%&#@@ sweet-smelling nose, like honey. @@#&%$*~~,
,~~*$%&@## ##@&%$*~~,
,,,,~~~*$& the horns of a deer is called antlers. &$*~~~,,,,
,~~*$%&#@# they have a complex fractal shape, and #@#&%$*~~,
,~~*$%&#@# are believed to enable the deer to #@#&%$*~~,
,,,,,~~$%# "fold" through passages which should be #%$~~,,,,,
,~~*$%&#@# too narrow for them. antlers from dead #@#&%$*~~,
,,,,~*$&&@ deer seem to lose this power. @&&$*~,,,,
,,,,,~*%#@ @#%*~,,,,,
,~~*$%&#@# a deer's heart has two chambers, where #@#&%$*~~,
,~~*$%%%%& it stores all the secrets it might see &%%%%$*~~,
,,,~~$%%&@ during the course of it's life. with @&%%$~~,,,
,~~*$%%&## age the secrets will harden into a ##&%%$*~~,
,~~*$%&### caramellized structure, which will ###&%$*~~,
,~~*$%&##@ eventually block the flow of blood, and @##&%$*~~,
,~~*$%&@## kill the deer. ##@&%$*~~,
,,,,,,~*%& &%*~,,,,,,
,~~~**$%## #,,,# ##%$**~~~,
,~~*$%&#@# #,,,# * #,,,# #@#&%$*~~,
,~~*$%&### #,,,# ###&%$*~~,
,~~*$%&### ###&%$*~~,
,,~~*$$%%& [picture of a deer head. from the far &%%$$*~~,,
,,,,,~~$$& side, looking the other way. its &$$~~,,,,,
,~~*$%&#@# antlers are bloodied.] #@#&%$*~~,
,~~*$%&#@# #@#&%$*~~,
,~~*$%&#@# #@#&%$*~~,
,~~*$%&### ###&%$*~~,
,~~*$%&#@# #@#&%$*~~,
,~~*$%#@## ##@#%$*~~,