{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.]