{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.]