The flowers shake all around her, and Flower catches a glimpse of her. He moves a little closer. Who is hiding there, he wonders. Someone is being very mysterious)

At the same time, he seemed to develop a sense of shyness, as can be seen in his first interactions with Faline. [6] Bambi sees the grand stag walk regally from the woods into the clearing. The fawn has seen so many new facts today, but he has never seen such a grand and majestic creature before) A pair of birds fly over their heads, dancing in midair and acting rather silly, or where the friends think)This conversation had taken the finches' attention off the berries. Now they got into the act, too. "Say bird!" they peeped excitedly, darting around and around Bambi's head. "Say bird! Saybirdsaybirdsaybirdsaybird!" Thumper: If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all! (But that is a hard fact for a young unspeakable rabbit to do) In March 1989, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Manuel Lujan Jr. has criticized the film for propagating the idea that the best way to manage the forest resources within the U.S. was to fight forest fires. Secretary Lujan Jr. points out that controlled burning is now recognized as more beneficial, and that forest animals, such as Bambi, simply move out of the way of forest fires and, in general, are not killed by them. This is perhaps ironic, but an interesting indicator of changing scientific attitudes, as the U.S. Forest Service originally used Bambi with limited permission from Disney as their charismatic anti-fire mascot before they developed the now-famous Smokey Bear. Of course, since Bambi was made in 1942, before controlled burnings was theorized, most feel the Secretary of the Interior is overthinking the situation.

But Bambi yet isn't sure of her. He has met all sorts of animals, but he has never been this close to another fawn before)

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Bambi and Thumper run away and play in the woods together until they hear a smash of thunder. Bold flashes of lightning light the dark heavens. A storm is coming) First Thumper pushed one of Bambi's legs up and then another, then another and another until Bambi stood shakily. But Bambi's legs would not stay put and down he went again. This time his legs got all tied up. Thumper runs away to join his family. He can't wait to warn them the new prince of the forest has a name––Bambi. This certainly is a morning to remember) He bent low in a courtly bow to the fawn's mother. "You are to be congratulated.""Thank you," said the prince's mother quietly. She leaned over and gave her baby a loving nudge. "Wake up," she whispered. "Come on, dear. We have company."

Bambi finally got all of himself over the log, but in the process his legs became tangled once more, causing the bunnies all to scatter just in case he might fall on them. At any rate, moments after meeting Faline, Bambi was surprised by yet another momentous meeting on the meadow. Suddenly Bambi became aware that his mother had walked up behind him. "Mother, he stopped and looked at me," he whispered. Thumper doesn't let Owl miss the wonderful news. The little rabbit keeps on drumming until Owl is wide awake) We see the word "WARNING", in red, with a drop shadow. Below it is the warning text, in white and in Helvetica font)

What also hurt box office numbers is the realistic animation of the animals and their fight against Man in the story. Hunters spoke out against the film, saying it was "an insult to American sportsmen." The criticism, however, was short-lived, and the financial shortfall of its first release was made up multiple times in the subsequent re-releases. Bambi tries to hide under his mother's tall legs. She looks at both her frightened son and the little fawn chasing him)

While snow blows around her, Bambi's mother reaches high, standing against a tree, to get a strip of bark. She gives it to her fawn, and he gobbles it up faster) The young rabbit Thumper, who was always the first of his family to arise, was waking up slowly, yawning and scratching as he did every morning. Near the ground, a tiny mouse creeps from his round, grassy nest. Above his head, a dewdrop trembles from a leaf. He catches the cool drop of water in his paws and washes his soft, furry face in dew) Despite his other duties, he still showed love and affection towards Faline whenever he was with her, and she continued to admire and adore him.Where the woods are spared, the animals make new homes for themselves. They have survived both the fire and another winter, and they are glad that spring has returned) The powerful young stag races onward through the forest. At the edge of a deep ravine, Bambi jumps toward the other side. It seems he is safely across until...) Bambi took a mouthful but was interrupted by Thumper. "No, no, not that green stuff. Just eat the blossoms - that's the good stuff.""Thumper!!" his mother called sternly. "What did your father tell you?""About what?" To his surprise, she was standing next to another doe. "Bambi, this is your aunt Ena," she said as Bambi rushed toward her. "And that's little Faline." But the two fawns are not alone in the middle of the meadow. They hear the sound of hooves pounding on the earth)