§§§%=-.... ....-=%§§§
¶§§§%=†-.. ..-†=%§§§¶
¶§%=††-... ...-††=%§¶
##¶§%=†-.. ..-†=%§¶##
#§§===†-.. ..-†===§§#
§§%==†.... #....# ....†==%§§
##¶§%=†-.. #...# #...# ..-†=%§¶##
§=--...... #...# #...# ......--=§
##¶§%=†-.. #...# {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.] ..-†=%¶###
§%=†-..... .....-†=%§
§===†..... .....†===§
###¶%=†-.. ..-†=%¶###
¶¶§%==†-.. ..-†==%§¶¶
##¶§%=†-.. ..-†=%§¶##