{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.]