{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.]