{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.]