.....~**@@ @@**~.....
......~*&@ @&*~......
.~~**&@@## ##@@&**~~.
.~~**&@#@# #@#@&**~~.
....~*&@#@ @#@&*~....
....~**&@@ #....# @@&**~....
.~~**&@#@# #...# #...# #@#@&**~~.
.....~**@# #...# #...# #@**~.....
.~~**&@#@# #...# {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.] @@@****~~.
...~~**&#@ @#&**~~...
...~~***@@ @@***~~...
...~**&&&@ @&&&**~...
.~~**&@#@# #@#@&**~~.
.~~**&@### ###@&**~~.