{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.]