{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.]