&&....&.&& &&&&....&.
.&...&&&.. ...&...&&&
&&..&..&.. ..&&..&..&
.&.&&.&&.. .&.&.&&.&.
&&&.&&.&.& &&&&&.&&&.
..&&.&&&&& #....# ....&&..&&
.&.&&....& #...# #...# ...&.&.&.&
&&&.&...&& #...# #...# ..&&&&&&&&
..&&&..&.. #...# {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.] &&&&....&.
.&...&&&.. ...&...&&&
&&..&..&.. ..&&..&..&
.&.&&.&&.. .&.&.&&.&.
&&&.&&.&.& &&&&&.&&&.
..&&.&&&&& ....&&..&&