{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.]