The next day after the incident occurred, Bambi and Faline, the fawns, Thumper, the rabbit, and Flower, the skunk had an idea. "Guys, let's talk to them," Bambi said.

"Talk to who, Bambi?" Faline asked.

"The fox and the hound, Faline," Bambi answered.

"Duh," Thumper said to Faline.

"Hey!" Faline scolded.

Thumper turned around crossing his arms. "Girls," he scoffed.

"Thumper!" Bambi and the rest snapped.

"Okay! Okay!" shouted Thumper, throwing up his arms in surrender.

"What did your mom tell you?" Faline demanded of him, as if she were his teacher giving him a lecture.

Are you my mother? Since when? was what the annoyed bunny wanted to say, but it would have made things worse. "If you can't say nothing nice, don't say nothing at all," Thumper replied reluctantly, remembering his mother teaching him manners, which was a big hassle to him. His bad manners were a big deal than he'd ever imagine.

"Good," Faline said, relieved that the argument had finished.

"What should we do now, Bambi?" Flower asked.

"Well, Flower, we'll eat breakfast," replied Bambi and they ate their greens.

"Good morning, kids!" Big Mama called.

"Good morning, Miss Owl!" Bambi and the gang called back.

"You can call me Big Mama, you know," Big Mama told them.

Tod was at the scene. "Oh, and this is Tod," Big Mama said, gesturing towards the fox kit.

"Okay, Big Mama. Tod," Bambi said and introduced himself and his friends, "I'm Bambi and these are my friends Faline, Flower, and Thumper."

Thumper, the rabbit thumped with one foot to get his point.

"You can call me a flower if you want to," Flower stated shyly.

"We saw you running from the bear yesterday with a hound," Bambi said to Tod.

"Yep, that was pretty scary," Tod stated.

Dinky and Boomer flew over to a branch. "What's all the commotion?" Dinky asked.

"Yeah, what are they doing here?" Boomer said, questionable as Dinky.

"They're here to make peace with us because what they saw yesterday was horrific," Big Mama replied.

"Oh," Dinky and Boomer said.

"These are my friends, Dinky and Boomer," Big Mama said, gesturing towards Dinky and Boomer.

Friend Owl was sleeping inside a hollow tree.

Thumper, feeling bored, used one of his feet for thumping to wake up the sleeping owl. "Wake up, Friend Owl!"

"Wake up, Friend Owl!" Bambi, Faline, and Flower shouted at the same time.

Friend Owl woke up, shaking himself. "What? What? Hey, kids!" he snapped, "I was sleeping in!"

"That's Friend Owl," Thumper said.

"Good morning, Friend Owl," Big Mama said. "I'm Big Mama."

"What's so good about it?" Friend Owl crossed his arms grumpily.

"Oh, there's sunshine and green forests, flowers, and room to roam."

"I suppose," Friend Owl relented with a sigh. "What's going on?"

"Tod and Copper were chased by a bear yesterday," Big Mama answered.

"We saw the whole thing," Bambi said.

"You did?" Friend Owl asked Bambi. "I was asleep."

"He can sleep through anything," Thumper whispered.

After breakfast with Chief, Copper was on his way to the forest when Chief and asked, "Where are you going, Copper?"

"Big Mama, the owl you saw yesterday invited me over to see Tod," replied Copper.

"Really?" Chief said worriedly. He didn't hear that part the day before because he had been hard of hearing.

"I'll be back," Copper explained, trying to reason with him, "She'll let me know if the scene is safe."

"Oh, I see now," Chief said. "You can go, but be back in time for dinner, meaning supper."

"I promise." Then Copper bounded down the hill to visit his friend, Tod.

The hound pup was just in time to meet Big Mama, who greeted warmly, "Morning, Copper."

"Morning, Big Mama," said Copper.

"Hey, Copper!" Tod exclaimed.

"Hi, Tod!"

"Guys, meet my best friend, Copper," Tod said to Bambi, Faline, Flower, and Thumper.

"Hello, Copper!" they said.

"We saw you and Tod running away from the giant bear yesterday," Faline said.

"Yeah. We ran for cover."

"I'm Faline, and this is Bambi, Thumper, the rabbit, and Flower, the skunk."

"Hi," Flower said shyly. "You can call me a flower if you want to."

Thumper used his foot to make a thumping sound. "And that's why they call me Thumper."

"Nice to meet you, Copper," Bambi greeted. "Do you want to go out and explore deeper in the forest."

"But the bear–"

"He won't find us," Bambi assured him, "He's far away."

"Oh, and Chief told me to be back for supper."

"We'll let you know, hon," Big Mama said. "Or I can let him know we're on a mission to stop the bear and I'll have Dinky and Boomer look after you. Until then, allow Bambi and his friends to show you the way deeper into the forest."

Copper nodded hesitantly. "Okay."

"You should be fine, Copper," Tod told Copper, "Stick with us and we'll be okay."

"Tod's right, Copper," Faline said.

Copper, feeling motivated finally said, "I'm on it!"

"Then it's settled," Bambi said. "Follow us, Tod and Copper!" And deep into the woods, they went.