{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.]