{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.]