{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.]