Bambi ran the whole night; he would not stop until he used up all of his energy and collapsed completely. The fawn had no idea where he would go, anywhere that would keep him away from his past, but it was useless, all he could do now is crawl out of exhaustion and hunger. It wasn't until later that he found small woods where he could find shelter of any kind. But there wasn't anything he could find to nibble on the ground, and so he gave up.

Once again he collapsed, as much as he wanted to cry there was no energy left in him to do so, now he started to pass out. Hours later, once he regained consciousness he worked up the strength to start walking the best he could. His disoriented state led him to walk down a treacherous path that stopped at a ledge looking over a cliff. Bambi had nothing left, no mother, no father, no home, no friends, and no food. All he had left was his life, but now he decided to change all that, with a simple thrust forward and he would meet the pain to end all pains.

Naturally he hesitated before acting on such a move like this, then again taking another's life was a hasty decision, why should taking his own be any different, he thought to himself. His knees trembled furiously, a few steps back, a heartbeat forward, with a sudden case of vertigo and then he-

"Bambi!" shouted Thumper and Flower.

Bambi struggled profoundly to get himself back on the ledge, had it not have been for the bunny and the skunk's help then he would've surely met his end. His heart pounded like the fanfare of drums before the battle, he looked absolutely wretched with his tousled hair and fearful expression.

"What were you trying to do?" Thumper questioned him.

The fawn blubbered.

"Still can't talk?" Flower noted amiably "Poor Bambi,"

"C'mon," Thumper suggested as they helped their friend find his legs "Let's take ya home,"

But the fawn protested with a tantrum and hid in a small cave.

"I don't think he likes that very much," said Flower.

"But if we leave," said Thumper "Then he's gonna-"

Thumper and Flower didn't even want to think of what unspeakable things their best friend would do if they left him alone.

Suddenly they heard a rumbling noise coming from the cave. Flower put his ear closer to the entrance to hear it better then he whispered something in Thumper's ear, and the bunny nodded his head at the idea.

"Well I guess we'll get goin' now," Thumper said next to the cave "But before we go I think you'n I should get something to fill our tummies with, I'm starvin'"

"Goodbye Bambi," said Flower.

The two didn't leave just yet, they stood waiting patiently to see what would happen next, and Bambi came out of the cave nervously.

"You wanna eat with us?" Thumper asked amiably.

Bambi nodded his head with a meek smile.

"Follow me," said Flower.

Together they went in search of food anywhere around the woods, but they were persistent. To their luck they found a bee hive, with high hopes of honey to be found. Thumper stood on top of Bambi and Flower stood on top of Thumper.

"Pull," said Thumper.

Bambi moved forward as hard as he could and Thumper held onto the skunk firmly. But Thumper lost his grip and he and Bambi fell flat, with Flower dangling on the bee hive until it snapped from the tree branch and split open on a rock. The bees were not happy and chased the trio down hills into the lake, then the three emerged and squirted water at the bees until they were all gone. Together they congratulated each other back to the honey.

Thumper stood proudly over the well deserved meal.

"To victory," the bunny stated.

"What's that taste like?" asked Flower.

"Like this," Thumper explained as he took the honey in his paws and inserted it in his mouth.

Bambi gulped down the honey voraciously while Thumper and Flower made sure that he got more than they did. Together they ate with no manners intended, so sloppily, Thumper played with the honey that was stuck on his paws, Bambi wore an almost clown expression with the honey stuck to his face, and flower blew a honey bubble that grew and grew and made his friends giggle. Together Bambi and Flower bit at the huge bubble to make it pop, but it was too thick, the three then pulled away, and then it popped. The sudden event left the trio covered in honey which made them laugh their hearts out, together they helped take clean the honey off each other by eating it from the other friend. This went on until the hive was licked clean.

The three friends were full enough as it is, Bambi in particular was too stuffed to consider any rational decisions, which was just what Thumper and Flower had hoped for. Flower yawned, and his friends did likewise, now it was time to pack all their worries in for the late afternoon, Thumper and Flower decided they would contemplate on what to do about Bambi until morning.

"Before ya do anything," said Thumper "Maybe you should take a nap first,"

Bambi looked in all directions to see where he could possibly shelter himself for the night.

"Don't worry," Flower assured him "We'll find you a nice place to sleep,"

They took the fawn with them around the woods to find a comfortable sleeping place for him. Flower, an expert in sheltering, found a nice big burrow fit enough for a fawn. Bambi crept inside carefully, settled his hooves right, and plopped himself down in exhaustion, seconds later he fell fast asleep.

"Shhh," Flower whispered "He's had a long day,"

Thumper and Flower cuddled up beneath their good friend, gave a long yawn, and nestled silently to keep him warm for the night. All that was left was the silent sounds of the chirping crickets, and the hum of the owls.