Chapter 4
Setting:1 day after Efra's near death encounter.
Bambi and Allen were walking down to the meadow just as the sun peaked over the mountains.
"Hey…Thanks for saving my mother and all." Bambi said, breaking the silence.
"No problem. Bambo."
"It's Bambi. So how old are you, exactly?
"Thirteen years old, well…almost." Allen responded.
"I would have thought man would be adults by that age."
"Technically I am like a half adult. But to be honest, man have a lot of rules. Saying you cant do this
until your that old, and you have to be this tall to this. Its a bunch of crap if you ask me. Besides, Man take a
long time to age to full grown, about Sixteen to Twenty years."
"Thats a long time. How do you wait so long?"
"Most of it, is something man made…called school."
"School? Somehow, that word sounds somewhat familiar."
"It's where man go to learn. It's pretty much people teaching them how to do this, and how to do that.
If there is one thing I do know…school is probably a child's worst nightmare."
"But learning sounds fun.'
"It gets boring after 15 years of it, spending half the day being taught by a teacher who hardly makes
sense!" Allen explained. Bambi's eyes widened in horror, thinking of what it must have been like.
"Gee, that's awful." Bambi said feeling sorry for Allen.
"The only upside to school were the girls." Allen said proudly. Bambi slightly cringed at this, knowing
that girls only meant trouble. (To him)
"You want to play with GIRLS!" Bambi exclaimed. Allen chuckled and looked at Bambi with a
curious face.
"Do you have a girl in your life?" Allen asked. Bambi's eyes widened yet again, and his cheeks burned
as they approached the meadow.
"I…uuuh." Bambi couldn't finish his sentence, before Allen interrupted.
"Hey don't worry about it. I don't care if you like a girl, but your friends might." Allen said. Bambi
calmed down as they walked out on the meadow. Everyone on the meadow, who were mostly
does, looked up in horror, seeing Allen. One of them walked up to us and said…
"Is it true, you saved that doe?" She said.
"It is true miss." Allen said quietly, and respectfully.
"The Great Prince explained to us of your presence. Lots of us are still thinking whether we
should trust you."
"I'm not surprised. Man terrorizes this world. Their populations is much larger than any. All living
around the world. Hell take each one, who kills."
"What a way with words. I am friends with Efra, so when the Great Prince told me, I said I would
give him a Thank you. Thank you…uh…"
"Allen. Your very welcome." Allen said. As he continued walking. Bambi sucked up him guts and
said…
"There is one girl. Her name is Faline." Bambi said stuttering.
"Good for you. You're already getting brave. Takes a lot to tell someone you like a girl at your
age."
"Thanks. HEY I just remembered. Groundhog day is today. I'll take you to the ceremony if
you want."
"Good idea. Let's go." Bambi led the way to the ceremony where everyone was waiting.