{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.]