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