{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.]