.~=†%$@¶@#                                          #@¶@$%†=~.
..~=†%$@¶@                                          @¶@$%†=~..
...~=†%$@¶                                          ¶@$%†=~...
....~=†%$@                                          @$%†=~....
.....~=†%$                                          $%†=~.....
......~=†%                  #....#                  %†=~......
.......~=†              #...#    #...#              †=~.......
........~=           #...#          #...#           =~........
.........~          #...# {roe} deer #...#          ~.........
........~=           #...#          #...#           =~........
.......~=†              #...#    #...#              †=~.......
......~=†%                  #....#                  %†=~......
.....~=†%$                                          $%†=~.....
....~=†%$@                                          @$%†=~....
...~=†%$@¶ [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.]          ¶@$%†=~...
..~=†%$@¶@                                          @¶@$%†=~..
.~=†%$@¶@#                                          #@¶@$%†=~.
..~=†%$@¶@                                          @¶@$%†=~..
...~=†%$@¶                                          ¶@$%†=~...
....~=†%$@                                          @$%†=~....