&§\:...... ......:\§&
##@&§§\~:. .:~\§§&@##
##@&§§\~:. .:~\§§&@##
##@&§§\~:. .:~\§§&@##
@&&§~..... .....~§&&@
##@&§§\~:. #....# .:~\§§&@##
##@&§§\~:. #...# #...# .:~\§§&@##
##@&§§\~:. #...# #...# .:~\§§&@##
@&§§§\~~:. #...# {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.] .:~\§§&@##
##@&§§\~:. .:~\§§&@##
&§~:...... ......:~§&
@@&§\~:::. .:::~\§&@@
##@&§§\~:. .:~\§§&@##
##@&§§\~:. .:~\§§&@##