Third Person POV

The Great Prince led Bambi and Jeanette further into the forest until they arrived at a den made from some big boulders and a fallen old log. I wonder if this is the Great Prince's domain, Jeanette wondered with curiosity and a little bit of fear.

Bambi first went towards the opening of the den and looked up at the Great Prince; the buck just breathed at him before the fawn went into the den.

Then, Jeanette slowly walked towards the den and stopped to look up at the big buck. "Please, sir," she said meekly, "I'm Bambi's friend, and… I promised Willow that I would protect him."

The buck nodded a bit and motioned for her to follow Bambi into the den.

After Bambi and Jeanette went inside the den, Friend Owl flew over to the Great Prince and landed on the snowy branch of a fallen log. "Friend Owl?" the buck said.

"Excuse me, sir," the owl replied with weariness in his voice, "I hope I'm not intruding, but well… I… I just had to come. Poor little fella… so young to be without his mother. And that poor fox… who has no one else to turn to." The Great Prince lowered his head in sympathy as he looked at Bambi and Jeanette, who were already asleep in his den. "Well, if I can be of any help," Friend Owl continued. He paused, and then prepared to leave, but the Great Prince stopped him.

"Wait," said the buck, "I could use your help. Find me a suitable doe to raise Bambi and protect Jeanette."

"Oh, yes, of-of course, yes," Friend Owl said before he began thinking, "Um… seem so scarce… yes… they take care… themselves… Eh, perhaps you could?"

"Me?" the Great Prince asked with surprise; it wasn't natural for a deer buck to rear up a fawn. "You should know as well I as do – a prince looks after a herd," the Prince corrected the owl, "Does care for the young."

"But you are his father," Friend Owl stated, "And circumstances being what they are."

The Great Prince looked up, and then sighed in agreement, "Until spring. And hopefully by that time, Jeanette will find a way to survive on her own like all foxes should."

"Oh, excellent!" Friend Owl said, "And WHO better to raise the young prince… than the Great Prince, himself!" At the last part of the phrase, Friend Owl flew away into the forest.

The Great Prince watched the owl fly away before he went into his den to sleep beside Jeanette and Bambi. But instead of going to sleep right away, the Prince looked out at the snowy atmosphere and thought about his decision; he then glanced at Bambi and Jeanette. Bambi opened one eye at his father before going back to sleep.


All through the night, the snow kept on falling while many animals in the forest slept on in their domains. Under a frozen stream, some fish were swimming to and fro; at their den, a mother river otter held her pups close to keep them warm as they slept.

Under the snow, beneath the frozen streams

There is life

You have to know when Nature sleeps, she dreams

There is life

And the colder the winter

The warmer the spring

The deeper the sorrow

The more our hearts sing

Even when you can't see it

Inside everything

There is life!

Dawn slowly approached to make way for a new day. The sun slowly rose up in the eastern part of the sky, and bits of snow and ice began to slowly melt as the animals started waking up. A little gray mouse poked his head out of his nest, and a family of raccoons happily sprung up from inside a fallen snowy log. A snow-covered bird woke up and stretched himself awake as the snow fell off of him, and a beaver swam to his lodge under the frozen creek.

Up in a tree, mother flying squirrel and her baby peeked out from under some bark before the mother carried her baby on her back, and then floated down from the tree.

After the rain, the sun will reappear

There is life

After the pain, the joy will still be here

There is life!

A flock of ducks was returning from their journey to southern countries; the soared down and gently landed on the surface of a frozen lake. A baby duckling walked upon the ice, but then he slipped and slid right into the other ducks, accidentally knocking them down! The baby river otters poked their heads out of their den, and then they jumped out and slid down a snowy hill.

Meanwhile, some cardinals all flew out of hiding and up into the sky, and a chipmunk very patiently waited for some berries to thaw for him to eat. A squirrel also wanted some berries, but the chipmunk pushed him away.

For it's out of the darkness

That we learn to see

And out of the silence

That songs come to be

And all that we dream of

Awaits patiently

There is life! (2x)

The sun shone upon a frozen waterfall, and soon, all the ice broke, and the waterfall began flowing with water again. The fish happily jumped in the water, while the baby flying squirrel learned to soar on its own; it even jingled at some icicles.

The gray squirrel ran off with the berries, while the chipmunk cursed and chased after it.

In the meantime, a tiny green sprout began to appear underneath the snow on top of the Great Prince's den, for spring was arriving!