Bambi
One fine morning a fawn was born in a little forest. All the birds and
animals came to see him.
"It's happened! A new prince is born!" Everybody was happy.They asked
the mother- "What will you name him?" "Hello, little prince!" the animals
called.
The little prince tried to stand but he flopped right back down.
"I think I'll call him Bambi," she answered.
The forest was filled with friends.They all wanted to play with Bambi.?Bambi
walked with his mother meeting the skunk, squirrels and robins. Bambi's
mother took him down a path, at the end of which was the green meadow.
He went with Bunnies who showed so many new things.
The bunnies showed Bambi a flock of baby bluebirds played in the trees.
They taught him to speak and call for birds.
He played with the skunk and called him a flower. Bambi was very happy
to play with so many friends. He was at the top of the world..
Bambi was very fast, when he walked with his mother. "You must never rush
out onto the meadow!" she scolded. "There might be danger!" Bambi's mother
called for Bambi when she was sure that it was safe.
Bambi waited to drink water in a pond, when he saw the reflection on another
fawn. "Hello", she said softly. Bambi's mother told Bambi that she was
a faline.
Bambi watched Faline nervously. Faline poked her head through the
reeds and licked his face playfully. Soon, they had become best friends.
Suddenly Bambi saw the biggest stag stopped and looked straight at Bambi,
who lowered his eyes cautiously. He could feel the great stag's majestic
gaze. The great stag was also Bambi's father.
Suddenly, the peace was shattered by a deafening blast. Bambi thought it
was thunder, but it was a gunshot -- humans were in the forest. The animals
stampeded, heading for the safety of the trees. The great stag leaped
out in front of Bambi and showed him his mother.
Soon came winter, which was fun at first, but after a while, Bambi
longed for the delicious grass and flowers of warm spring days.
Spring brought with it many changes. Bambi was now a handsome young
buck with antlers,
But it wasn't long before Bambi himself was twitterpated. While he was
drinking from a pond, a strangely familiar reflection appeared in the clear
water. "Hello, Bambi!" a sweet voice said. Startled, Bambi stumbled backward,
his antlers getting stuck in a branch of blossoms. "Don't you remember
me? I'm Faline," the doe giggled. She licked Bambi's face. He suddenly
felt dizzy, as if he were light as a feather. Twitterpated! This, he thought,
must be what Friend Owl had meant.
Bambi and Faline frolicked together in the warmth of the meadow, just as
they had done last summer. Bambi had never been so happy! He closed his
eyes dreamily and imagined they were romping through the blue sky in a
meadow of clouds.
Another stag appeared and challenged Bambi for Faline. The two locked antlers,
tossing each other against the hard ground. Bambi fought fiercely, dangerously
close to the edge of a cliff. Then Bambi butted the stag with all his might
and sent his rival rolling down a hill to the river. The defeated stag
retreated into the forest, leaving Bambi and Faline alone.
From that day on, Bambi and Faline were always together. They ran
through the moonlit meadow amid swirls of fireflies and falling blossoms.
They made their home in a thicket and lived happily, until one morning
Bambi sensed danger in the forest. The humans had returned. The smell of
a campfire wafted through the air. "There are many this time," the Great
Prince told them. "We must go deep into the forest."
Soon, the day came when Faline lay in the shaded thicket with two little
deer at her side. "Well, sir, I don't believe I've ever seen a more likely
lookin' pair of fawns!" Friend Owl said. The fawns looked shyly at the
crowd. "Prince Bambi ought to be mighty proud," the wise old owl concluded.
Prince Bambi was, indeed, proud. He stood with his father on an outcrop
overlooking the thicket where Faline lay with her precious fawns. Bambi,
the new Prince of the Forest, would teach his fawns the ways of the world,
just as his mother and father had taught him.
And so another year had passed in the forest. Bambi and Faline embarked
on a new adventure with their young family. Their life in the forest would
never be the same again.
The
End.