{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.]