{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.]