{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.]