{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.]