{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.]