{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.]