Bambi suddenly asked Gobo. “Do you know what it is ... this danger?”
Now the other two also became serious, and the three of them put their heads together. Gobo thought about it. He made a real effort to work it out as he could see that Bambi was very curious about the answer. “The danger ...” he whispered, “the danger ... that’s something very bad ...”
“Yes,” Bambi insisted, “yes, something very bad ... but what?”
All three of them shuddered at the horror of it.
Faline suddenly called out loudly and gaily, “The danger is ... when you have to run away from it.” She jumped away, she didn’t want to stay there and feel afraid. Bambi and Gobo jumped straight after her. They started to play again and tumbled about in the green and rustling silk of the meadow where they soon forgot about that serious question. After a while they stopped and stood close to each other as they had before and began to chat. They looked over to their mothers. They too were happily close to each other, eating a little and holding a gentle conversation.
Auntie Ena lifted her head and called over to her children. “Gobo! Faline! We’ve got to go soon ...”
And Bambi’s mother warned him too. “Come on Bambi, it’s time to go.”
“Oh not yet,” Faline begged crossly. “Just a little bit longer!”
Bambi begged too, “Oh please, let’s stay longer, it’s so nice here!”
And Gobo quietly repeated what they had said, “It’s so nice here ...Just a little bit longer!”