{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.]