{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.]