¨^=*†@#### ####@†*=^¨
¨¨¨¨¨^*@@# #@@*^¨¨¨¨¨
¨^=*†@#@## ##@#@†*=^¨
¨¨¨¨¨^**@# #@**^¨¨¨¨¨
¨^=*†@#@## ##@#@†*=^¨
¨^=*†@#@## #¨¨¨¨# ##@#@†*=^¨
¨¨^^=††@@# #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# #@@††=^^¨¨
¨^=****†## #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ##†****=^¨
¨^=*†@#@## #¨¨¨# {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.] ##@#@†*=^¨
¨^=*†@@@@@ @@@@@†*=^¨
¨^=*†@#@## ##@#@†*=^¨
¨^=*†@#### ####@†*=^¨
¨¨¨¨^^**@# #@**^^¨¨¨¨
¨¨^^*††@## ##@††*^^¨¨