{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.]