..~=;†@#@#                                          #@#@†;=~..
...~=;†@#@                                          @#@†;=~...
....~=;†@#                                          #@†;=~....
.....~=;†@                                          @†;=~.....
......~=;†                                          †;=~......
.......~=;                  #....#                  ;=~.......
........~=              #...#    #...#              =~........
.........~           #...#          #...#           ~.........
..........          #...# {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.]          ..........
.........~                                          ~.........
........~=                                          =~........
.......~=;                                          ;=~.......
......~=;†                                          †;=~......
.....~=;†@                                          @†;=~.....