{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.]