{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.]