¨¨¨¨¨-†&&@ @&&†-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-†&@# #@&†-¨¨¨¨¨
¨--;†&&@@# #@@&&†;--¨
¨¨---;†&&@ @&&†;---¨¨
¨--;†&&&&& &&&&&†;--¨
¨¨¨--;;†&@ #¨¨¨¨# @&†;;--¨¨¨
¨--;†&&@@@ #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# @@@&&†;--¨
¨--;†&&@## #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ##@&&†;--¨
¨¨¨¨-;†&&& #¨¨¨# {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.] @&;-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨--;†&@### ###@&†;--¨
¨--;†&&@## ##@&&†;--¨
¨¨¨¨¨--†&@ @&†--¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-† #&†-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨--;†&&@## ##@&&†;--¨