{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.]