{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.]