{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.]