{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.]