{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.]