{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.]