.......... &..&...&&&
.&&&&&&&&& .....&..&.
..&&&&&&&& &&&&......
&..&&&&&&& .&&..&&&&&
....&&&&&& ......&&&&
.&&..&&&&& #....# .&&&&..&&.
......&&&& #...# #...# ..&&......
&&&&&..&&& #...# #...# &....&&&&&
&&&&....&. #...# {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.] &&........
&&&..&&..& &..&&&&&&&
&&........ ....&&&&&&
&..&&&&&&& .&&..&&&&&
....&&&&&& ......&&&&
.&&..&&&&& .&&&&..&&.