{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.]