{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.]