#@¶§@†\-,. .,-\†@§¶@#
¶@†--,.... ....,--†@¶
#@¶§@†\-,. .,-\†@§¶@#
@@¶§@†\-,. .,-\†@§¶@@
@§@\\\,... ...,\\\@§@
#@¶§@†\-,. #....# .,-\†@§¶@#
@¶@††---,. #...# #...# .,---††@¶@
§†-,,..... #...# #...# .....,,-†§
§@\,...... #...# {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.] .,-\†@§¶@#
¶¶§§@†\-,. .,-\†@§§¶¶
@@¶§@†\-,. .,-\†@§¶@@
¶@@\-,.... ....,-\@@¶
§†-,...... ......,-†§
#@¶§@†\-,. .,-\†@§¶@#