{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.]