{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.]