Bambi raised his head from the patch of clover he was feeding on, and looked at his forest. Faline stood next to him. Bambi and Faline looked at their kindom, when something strange happened.

                A male Caribou stepped forward, and the entire deer herd stopped what they were doing. The Caribou was large, and looked strong, very strong. He walked up to The bushes. "I must talk to prince Bambi," he declared. Bambi walked out of the bushes and he and the caribou stood face to face. Then, the caribou bowed down. "Prince Bambi," he said.

                  Just then, Ronno, the bully, stepped forward. "I'll bet this guy wouldn't be allowed in Bambi's herd if he was the strongest hoofed animal on Earth," scoffed Ronno with a bully like laugh. Suddenly, the mystyreous Caribou turned to Ronno with mad eyes. "It is not YOUR desicion, it's Prince Bambi's," said The Caribou. "Aw, i'm way better then Bambi," boasted Ronno. "I'll bet Bambi's planning to hand the crown over to me right now." Bambi loudly cleared his throat. "Don't you have to go somewhere else, Ronno?'' he asked. "NO," shouted Ronno. The caribou looked at Ronno, eyes angry, body stiff. "Uh..." Ronno said, eying the angry caribou, "Never mind..." then Ronno darted away as fast as he could.

             The caribou's eyes softened and he turned back to Bambi. "My name's Manitou," he said. Bambi's eyes widened. "Manitou?'' he asked. "What's that mean?'' "It's Indian for Spirit," Manitou explained.

            Just then, Faline stepped forward. "Bambi," she said, making Bambi jump, "Perhaps we should allow this Manitou guy in the herd. After all, he's Big and strong..." Manitou puffed out his chest. "And brave," continued Faline. Manitou lowered his head as if he was about to battle with another Caribou. "and would be a great gaurdian for the herd, next to you, of course."

            Bambi looked at the powerful caribou that stood before him. He had a massive set of antlers, and a strong body, as well as a powerful, protective attitude. "Well..." thought Bambi, "you certainly can't go wrong with a guy like this." He sighed. Then, he thought, "but i'm the prince of the forest. I'm the gaurdian. And there can only be one gaurdian for the forest... or can there?" Bambi looked at the powerful Caribu that stood there, waiting for his answer. "aw, what could go wrong?'' thought Bambi. "Ok, you're in,'' he said aloud.

          Manitou bowed down again. " Thank you, Prince Bambi,'' he said. Bambi smiled. But just then, Ronno came back to pick a fight. "ok,'' said Ronno, " but i've a great personality, and my personality is perfect for prince of the forest.'' "You're a weirdo, that's what you are,'' scoffed Bambi. "Yeah, why don't you leave us alone?'' said Manitou. " you're disturbing a very important meeting.'' Ronno just scoffed and said: " oh, SORRY. How dumb of me. I just have a feeling that big, fat caribou is not right to be gaurdian.''

          Bambi had fear twisted in his face as he saw Manitou's face turn an angry bright red. Being a prince, he was fearful because he knew how powerful that caribou was: perfectly capable of hurting or even killing somone. So he quickly calmed Manitou down by shouting, "be still, Ronno!!!'' Bambi was relieved to see Manitou's face turn it's normal color again." you're too dumb and childish to know what you just said,'' Bambi yelled. Ronno's body stiffened, and his eyes went absolutely wild. " OH, YEAH?! he screamed, hurting the ears of all the deer in the area, "well, YOU"RE A BIG,  FAT WHITETAIL DEER!'' The deer herd gasped. Even Bambi gasped. Ronno gave an ear peircing Scream and charged at Bambi, antlers lowered. Bambi noticed Ronno was aiming for his chest. He certainly meant to try and kill Bambi. But he couldn't.

          Bambi leapt out of the way in the last possible second, safe and sound. Ronno crashed to the ground. Then Ronno leapt to his feet, cheering for himself. His cheer went something like this:

                                                 " Who killed the prince? I did!

                                                    " Who killed the...''

           Ronno's cheer faded as he caught sight of Bambi, safe and sound, way over there. Ronno's face turned red. He charged like lightning. Bambi didn't even try to leap away. He'd be too slow. Bambi closed his eyes and waited for imact...

        Suddenly, a voice cried, "JUST ONE MINUTE, CHAP!!!!!" Bambi opened his eyes. Manitou was protectively standing in front of him! Ronno noticed Manitou was standing in front of his target. Ronno skidded to a halt in front of Manitou.

        "Come on, Fatty," said Ronno. " i have to end his life. What must be done must be done."

         "That's right, chap," said Manitou. "What must be done must be done."

            "Exactly," said Ronno. "So, i must kill Bambi."

            "Ah, that's where you're wrong, my chap," said Manitou, still standing in front of Bambi.

            "But you agreed with me that what must be done must be done," said Ronno.

             "i know," replied the other. "But i never said what must be done is to kill Bambi.''        

             "oh, forget it,'' said Ronno. "I give up.'' Ronno sulked away, and Manitou walked away from Bambi. Bambi caught up to Manitou. "Uh.... thanks,'' he said. Manitou smiled. "No prob,'' he said. Then he walked away. That was it. Manitou said not another word. Bambi, that night, lay down in his soft deer bed next to Faline.

            Bambi opened his eyes late at night. He looked over at Faline. She was sleeping. She looked so happy, and Bambi could tell she was having sweet dreams. Then, Bambi raised his head and looked up at the stars. They were beautiful. They looked like Gems and Sparkly things up there in the sky. Bambi slowly smiled.  Then, he began thinking about Manitou. "Well,'' he thought, "Manitou rescued me today, and i couldn't thank him more." Then, it came apon him suddenly. He was the prince. Manitou was not. But Manitou SAVED him today. Therefore, Manitou could be described as braver then Bambi. And everyone knows the one who's braver would make a better gaurdian. AND THEREFORE... Wouldn't that make Manitou a better Great Prince then Bambi? Should Bambi hand his crown over to Manitou? Should Bambi give up his life as a prince and transform into just a normal old deer again?

            Bambi fell asleep thinking about that.

             Next morning, Bambi woke up refreshed. When Bambi got out there, he saw Manitou... with a girl from BAMBI"S HERD! BAMBI"S! Bambi couldn't believe it. The whitetail doe was actually falling in love with the male Caribou. Bambi felt like slapping or poking himself just to know if what he was seeing was real! Finally, he walked over to the two.

            "What's going on here?!'' he shouted. Then, Bambi saw the doe was a lovely girl named Popcorn. Bambi was very unhappy. He knew that Popcorn was his best girlfriend next to Faline. He didn't want to lose her.

            Suddenly, Bambi smiled evilly. He decided it would be easy to get Popcorn back. He just had to kill Mani... Then, Bambi realized what he was thinking. he shook his hedad quickly. "What am i thinking?!'' He thought. "Manitou saved me yesterday! i can't kill him!!!"

What will Bambi decide to