{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.]