{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.]