,,,==**§§§ §§§**==,,,
,,,,=††@§@ @§@††=,,,,
,:=†*@§@## ##@§@*†=:,
,,,,:=†@@§ §@@†=:,,,,
,:=†*@§@## ##@§@*†=:,
,,,,,,:=*§ #,,,,# §*=:,,,,,,
,:=†*@§@## #,,,# #,,,# ##@§@*†=:,
,,,,=††*§@ #,,,# #,,,# @§*††=,,,,
,:=†*@§@@@ #,,,# {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.] @§§@@*†=:,
,:=†*@§@## ##@§@*†=:,
,,,,,,:†@@ @@†:,,,,,,
,:=†*@§@## ##@§@*†=:,
,:=†*@§@@@ @@@§@*†=:,
,,,,,,=*§@ @§*=,,,,,,