@@#&@**=~. .~=**@&#@@
#@#&@**=~. .~=**@&#@#
#@#&@**=~. .~=**@&#@#
#@#&@**=~. .~=**@&#@#
&&***=.... ....=***&&
###&@**=~. #....# .~=**@&###
&&@@***=~. #...# #...# .~=***@@&&
##@#&@**=. #...# #...# .=**@&#@##
#@#&@**=~. #...# {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.] .....~*@&@
#@#&@**=~. .~=**@&#@#
@@#&@**=~. .~=**@&#@@
#@#&@**=~. .~=**@&#@#
##@#&@*=~. .~=*@&#@##
&&**=~.... ....~=**&&