{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.]