{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.]