{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.]