¨--/*$§@@@ @@@§$*/--¨
¨--/*$§@@@ @@@§$*/--¨
¨--/*$§@@# #@@§$*/--¨
¨--/*$§@## ##@§$*/--¨
¨--/*$§@@# #@@§$*/--¨
¨¨¨¨---**§ #¨¨¨¨# §**---¨¨¨¨
¨--/*$§§§@ #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# @§§§$*/--¨
¨--/*$§@@# #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# #@@§$*/--¨
¨--/////*§ #¨¨¨# {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. @@§**-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-/*$@ @$*/-¨¨¨¨¨
¨--/**$§@@ #¨¨¨# @@§$**/--¨
¨¨¨¨--/$§@ #¨¨¨# / #¨¨¨# @§$/--¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-/*$§@ #¨¨¨# @§$*/-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨-///$§§ §§$///-¨¨¨
¨¨---//$§@ [picture of a deer head. from the far @§$//---¨¨
¨--/*$§@@@ side, looking the other way. its @@@§$*/--¨
¨¨¨¨¨-/*$§ antlers are bloodied.] §$*/-¨¨¨¨¨
¨--/*$§@@# #@@§$*/--¨
¨--/*$§@@# #@@§$*/--¨
¨¨¨----*$§ §$*----¨¨¨
¨--/*$§@@@ @@@§$*/--¨
¨--/*$§@@# #@@§$*/--¨