{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.]