§\~.¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨.~\§
\~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~\
~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~
\~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~\
§\~.¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨.~\§
%§\~.¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨.~\§%
£%§\~.¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨.~\§%£
#£%§\~.¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨.~\§%£#
##£%§\~.¨¨ #¨¨¨# {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.] ¨¨¨¨.~\§%£
#£%§\~.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.~\§%£#
##£%§\~.¨¨ ¨¨.~\§%£##
###£%§\~.¨ ¨.~\§%£###
##£%§\~.¨¨ ¨¨.~\§%£##
#£%§\~.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.~\§%£#