Bambi was truely terrified; after hearing that frightening thunder he had not been able to find his mother.

The barking of dogs and the shouts of men mingled in a terrifying cacophony that seemed to follow him.

Suddenly, Bambi got stiff, completely petrified by terror.

Right in front of him, a tall figure loomed over him...

He knew immediately from the smell, that unmistakable smell, that it was a human being.

But the strange apparition, made no move to attack him as he feared... What's more, its expression was nice, it almost looked like... was it smiling?

Bambi didn't know it, but he had been lucky enough to go bump into the ranger's daughter.

The creature, putting a hand on his back, began to guide him in a certain direction and Bambi, too scared to resist, let himself be carried away.

They arrived at the ranger's cabin, where they hid until the sounds of the hunt were completely extinguished.

When they went outside, long after, Bambi was very confused.

Weren't humans supposed to be bad?

And yet, this human, not only had not attacked him but had also protected him from other humans.

He thought of Ronno, who even though he was a deer like him, he always was very mean with him.

Could it be that, just as not all deer were good, also not all humans were bad?

As he pondered all this, a voice brought him out of his daydreams.

"Bambi! BAMBI! Where are you?!"

It was her mother's voice!

Just as he realized this, his mother emerged from behind some trees.

He felt the human's hand on his back, gently pushing him forward and, without thinking twice, started running in the direction of his mother.

But, just as he was halfway there, something made him stop.

He turned around, approached the creature he had until recently considered his enemy, and stared at it.

He didn't know if it could understand him, but still, he had to try.

He rubbed his head against the creature's legs and said "Thank you."

The creature stroked his head and said "You're welcome."

Then he ran back to his mother's side.

Neither deer nor human knew at that moment how close they had come to understanding each other.