~-........ ........-~
:~-....... .......-~:
=:~-...... ......-~:=
¤=:~-..... .....-~:=¤
&¤=:~-.... ....-~:=¤&
@&¤=:~-... #....# ...-~:=¤&@
@@&¤=:~-.. #...# #...# ..-~:=¤&@@
#@@&¤=:~-. #...# #...# .-~:=¤&@@#
@@&¤=:~-.. #...# {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.] ......-~:=
¤=:~-..... .....-~:=¤
&¤=:~-.... ....-~:=¤&
@&¤=:~-... ...-~:=¤&@
@@&¤=:~-.. ..-~:=¤&@@
#@@&¤=:~-. .-~:=¤&@@#