{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.]