{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.]