{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.]