{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.]