{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.]