{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.]