,,,~~:%§§@ @§§%:~~,,,
,,,:~††%§§ §§%††~:,,,
,:~:†%§@## ##@§%†:~:,
,:~:†%§@## ##@§%†:~:,
,:~:†%§@## ##@§%†:~:,
,:~:†%§### #,,,,# ###§%†:~:,
,,,::†%%@@ #,,,# #,,,# @@%%†::,,,
,:~:†%§@## #,,,# #,,,# ##@§%†:~:,
,:~:†%§@## #,,,# {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.] @%%%†::~:,
,:~:†§@### ###@§†:~:,
,:~:†%§§@@ @@§§%†:~:,
,,,,,,~†§@ @§†~,,,,,,
,,,,,,~:%§ §%:~,,,,,,
,:~:†%§@## ##@§%†:~:,