Third Person POV
Jeanette and the animals soon arrived inside a thick and bushy thicket, where a white-tailed doe was resting; a tiny fawn was sleeping beside her. All the animals gasped with awe and watched with amazement as the baby deer slept. Jeanette managed to get beside a group of raccoons, as raccoons and foxes were both considered predators. Remember, this is a Disney movie, and I shouldn't worry too much, Jeanette thought to herself.
"Well, this is quite an occasion," Friend Owl commented with a smile as he watched from a tree branch, "Yessir, it isn't every day a prince is born." He turned to the mother deer and said, "You ought to be congratulated."
"Yes, congratulations," the animals said to her, "Congratulations!"
"Congratulations," Jeanette added with a small smile.
"Thank you very much," the mother doe said with gratitude. She looked down at her baby son and softly coaxed, "Come on, wake up. We have company!"
The fawn sleepily and slowly opened his eyes, and then he slowly moved his head. "Hello," the other animals said.
"Hello, there."
"Hello, little prince."
"Hello!" said the baby animals.
"Hello, there!"
"Hello, little prince!"
"Um… hi, your high- I mean, little prince!" Jeanette added with a shy grin.
Friend Owl hooted and looked down at the baby deer, chuckled, and did an extra big hoot, which surprised the fawn. The owl chuckled a bit, and then the brown-eyed fawn returned his own little giggle.
The animals laughed, and then the little gray bunny pointed something out. "Look! He's trying to get up!"
Sure enough, the fawn slowly moved his back end up as he stood up on his hind legs. He flicked his tail as the gray bunny approached him and decided to help him stand on all fours. The fawn stood on all fours, and then wobbled a bit; after all, this wasn't long after his birth! Jeanette and the animals all watched as the fawn bent his head down under his belly to look at the bunny; the fawn moved his head some more until he wobbled some more on his legs.
The bunny looked back at his family and commented, "Kinda wobbly, isn't he?"
"Thumper!" his mother corrected with a stern look.
Thumper, the gray bunny, lowered his head apologetically and said, "Well, he is." He turned to the baby deer and said to him, "Aren't ya?"
The fawn tried to say something, but all that came out was a strange noise, and then he stumbled backward to his mother's side.
Friend Owl and all the baby animals laughed at the fawn's clumsy antics, and then the owl looked back at the deer and said, "Looks to me like he's gettin' kind of sleepy!"
And sure enough, the baby deer was nestled by his mother as he yawned a big yawn.
Friend Owl softly told the other animals, "I think it's time we all left. Come on, shoo-shoo!" All the animals except Jeanette left as the owl continued, "Come on, shoo-shoo!"
Jeanette slowly approached the mother dear and asked, "Excuse me, but I'm new to this forest, and I-I-I-I have nowhere else to go. A big deer told me to come and see you and your fawn, and then I can stay with you until it's time. Is that okay?"
The doe looked at the girl-turned fox, thought for a moment, and then smiled. "Of course, you may stay with us," she said softly, "Do you promise not to harm my fawn in any way?"
"Oh, no," Jeanette assured as she shook her head, "I would never EVER dream of hurting that precious baby of yours! Um, let's just say that I'm not really like most other foxes."
"Oh?" the doe asked.
"I-I mostly eat berries, and uh, eggs!" Jeanette stammered nervously; she didn't really want to scare the deer into the fact that she was really a human who had turned into a fox.
In the meantime, as Thumper and his family were getting ready to leave, the gray bunny stayed in the thicket as his mother and sisters hopped away. "Thumper, come on!" his mother coaxed.
Thumper looked at the mother doe and asked, "What'cha gonna call him?"
"Well, I think I'll call him… Bambi," the mother doe said.
"Bambi," repeated Thumper. He was unsure for a moment, but he stayed polite and finished, "Yeah, I guess that sounds alright!"
"I think that's a divine name," Jeanette whispered with a smile. As Thumper hopped away to rejoin his family, Jeanette turned to the doe and asked, "What's your name?"
"My name is Willow," the doe answered before turning to her fawn, "And this… is Bambi. My little Bambi." She then nuzzled her baby as Jeanette sighed with content.
Jeanette watched the tender moment, and then decided to softly sing Bambi a lullaby.
Love is a song that never ends
Life may be swift and fleeting
Hope may die yet love's beautiful music
Comes each day like the dawn
Love is a song that never ends
One simple theme repeating
Like the voice of a heavenly choir
Love's sweet music flows on!
The girl-turned fox yawned her own yawn, and then nestled herself up to sleep. As Jeanette, Willow, and baby Bambi all slept in their thicket, we are given a view of the big deer buck Jeanette encountered, who was watching down at them with pride and happiness.
