{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.]