{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.]