{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.]