{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.]