{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.]