{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.]