{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.]