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