{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.]