Bambi said nothing.
“What do you want from me?” the elder asked.
“Nothing ...” stuttered Bambi, “oh ... nothing ... do forgive me...”
After a pause the elder said gently, “It wasn’t just today that you started looking for me.”
He waited. Bambi said nothing. The elder continued, “you passed quite close to me twice yesterday, and twice this morning too, very close...”
“Why ...” Bambi gathered up his courage, “why did you say that about Gobo ...?”
“Do you think I was mistaken?”
“No,” Bambi declared with a passion, “no! I think you must be right!”
The elder nodded very slightly, and his eyes looked at Bambi with more benevolence than ever before.
Bambi said to these eyes, “But ... why? ... I can’t understand it!”