{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.]