{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.]