{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.]