{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.]