{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.]