.......:~* *~:.......
......:~*† †*~:......
.....:~*†¤ ¤†*~:.....
....:~*†¤¤ ¤¤†*~:....
...:~*†¤¤@ @¤¤†*~:...
..:~*†¤¤@# #....# #@¤¤†*~:..
.:~*†¤¤@## #...# #...# ##@¤¤†*~:.
..:~*†¤¤@# #...# #...# #@¤¤†*~:..
...:~*†¤¤@ #...# {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.] ¤†*~:.....
....:~*†¤¤ ¤¤†*~:....
...:~*†¤¤@ @¤¤†*~:...
..:~*†¤¤@# #@¤¤†*~:..
.:~*†¤¤@## ##@¤¤†*~:.
..:~*†¤¤@# #@¤¤†*~:..