{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.]