,,,^~\*%&# #&%*\~^,,,
,,,,^~\*%& &%*\~^,,,,
,,,,,^~\*% %*\~^,,,,,
,,,,,,^~\* *\~^,,,,,,
,,,,,^~\*% %*\~^,,,,,
,,,,^~\*%& #,,,,# &%*\~^,,,,
,,,^~\*%&# #,,,# #,,,# #&%*\~^,,,
,,^~\*%&## #,,,# #,,,# ##&%*\~^,,
,^~\*%&### #,,,# {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.] %*\~^,,,,,
,,,,,,^~\* *\~^,,,,,,
,,,,,^~\*% %*\~^,,,,,
,,,,^~\*%& &%*\~^,,,,
,,,^~\*%&# #&%*\~^,,,
,,^~\*%&## ##&%*\~^,,