{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.]