{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.]