{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.]