{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.]