.^~**%&&&@ @&&&%**~^.
.^~**%&@## ##@&%**~^.
......^*%& &%*^......
.^~~~~*%&# #&%*~~~~^.
......^*%& &%*^......
.^~**%&@@# #....# #@@&%**~^.
.^~**%&@## #...# #...# ##@&%**~^.
....^~*%&& #...# #...# &&%*~^....
...^^~~*&@ #...# {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.] &%*~~^^...
...^***%&# #&%***^...
.^~**%&@## ##@&%**~^.
....^****& &****^....
.^~**%&@## ##@&%**~^.
...^^**%%@ @%%**^^...