She washed it with her tongue and so performed several tasks at once, care for his body, a warming massage and a display of her affection. Stupid person, she thought to herself, noble, but stupid!īambi’s mother barely noticed, and continued vigorously washing her newborn.

Please forgive me, Bambi’s mother said, I wasn’t really listening. Am I not right? And you have to wait so long before they start to move, so long before they get their first feathers and start to look a bit decent! It’s so much hard work just to keep ‘em fed, and they need to be protected, it’s so worrying! I ask you, just think how strenuous all that is, getting food for the children and having to watch over them at the same time so that nothing happens to ‘em if you’re not there they can do nothing for themselves. I ask you, think of how awkward it is for us in these things, and how much hard work! The children just can’t do anything when they first hatch from the egg, they just lie there in the nest quite helpless, and need to be looked after, they always need to be looked after I tell you, I’m sure you’ve got no idea what it’s like. Oh, don’t let me disturb you, said the magpie, I’m in a bit of a rush today, too! But it’s not every day that you see something like this. But you’ll have to excuse me, I’m not really in a good condition to chat with you. Of course, answered Bambi’s mother gently. And most of all, I find that everything done by you deer is very noble. he’s only been born a second and he can already stand. Well, I’m still young of course, it’s only a year since I left the nest, but I expect you know that. That’s amazing! That’s so interesting! I’ve never seen anything like it in me life. No-one answered her and she continued speaking excitedly. What a beautiful child! she exclaimed again. She had rushed to the place, drawn by the breathy groans she heard forced from Bambi’s mother by her pain.

What a beautiful child! declared the magpie. He stood up, he staggered on his thin legs as he wondered what was happening, looked out with eyes which were dull, wondered what was happening but saw nothing, dropped his head, shuddered severely, and was quite numb. That is why there was so little room there, but just enough for him and his mother. It was in a space in a thicket that he came into the world, in one of those little, hidden places in the wood which seem to be open on every side but which in fact are completely surrounded by foliage.

Bambi a life in the woods