.~~*%¤@### ###@¤%*~~.
.~~**%¤@## ##@¤%**~~.
.~~**%@### ###@%**~~.
.~~**%¤@## ##@¤%**~~.
.~~**%¤¤@@ @@¤¤%**~~.
.~~**%¤@## #....# ##@¤%**~~.
...~~~*%%¤ #...# #...# ¤%%*~~~...
.~~**%¤@## #...# #...# ##@¤%**~~.
.~~**%¤@## #...# {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.] @@%*~~~...
......~*%¤ ¤%*~......
.~~**%¤@## ##@¤%**~~.
....~***%@ @%***~....
.....~*%@# #@%*~.....
.~~**%¤@## ##@¤%**~~.