¶@&^†~-... ...-~†^&@¶
#¶@&^†~-.. ..-~†^&@¶#
##¶@&^†~-. .-~†^&@¶##
#¶@&^†~-.. ..-~†^&@¶#
¶@&^†~-... ...-~†^&@¶
@&^†~-.... #....# ....-~†^&@
&^†~-..... #...# #...# .....-~†^&
^†~-...... #...# #...# ......-~†^
&^†~-..... #...# {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.] .-~†^&@¶##
#¶@&^†~-.. ..-~†^&@¶#
¶@&^†~-... ...-~†^&@¶
@&^†~-.... ....-~†^&@
&^†~-..... .....-~†^&
^†~-...... ......-~†^