{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.]