{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.]