{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.]