{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.]