Though we can be killed and we do die, those who follow Christ have the promise of everlasting life. He can be killed like us, and then He lies helpless on the ground like all the rest of us, as you see Him now."Do you see how this passage is troublesome for young audiences? While we do want to encourage our children to protect the world our Lord created and to govern the resources with good stewardship, humans are not the same as animals. He has the same fears, the same needs, and suffers in the same way. Everything that lives and grows doesn't come from Him. "Do you see, Bambi," the old stag went on, "do you see how He's lying there dead, like one of us? Listen, Bambi. A big pool of it lay on the snow which was melting from the warmth.The scene continues in a way I found even more problematic: Blood was drying on His hair and around His nose. The poacher's shirt, open at the neck, was pierced where a wound gaped like a small red mouth. Bambi, who did not know anything about hats, thought His horrible head was split in two.
He was lying with His pale, naked face turned upward, His hat a little to one side on the snow. In one scene near the end, a dead poacher is described in distressing detail: After much thought, I have decided Bambi is not yet appropriate for them. My children are young, but we do not shy away from books depicting death merely for that reason, especially books depicting death in nature. Not surprisingly, the deer is quickly shot and killed by another hunter. In one instance, he also foolishly shelters a weak deer and then releases him back into the forest without a fear of humans. He always causes senseless killing of the deer and other animals. Though death is depicted regularly in the book, the presence of humans (always referenced in capital letters - He and Him) is always depicted with overwhelming fear. Salten does not shirk from showing life and death in the forest, including the struggles to find enough food in the winter. The writing is lyrical and engaging as we follow Bambi from his birth to his maturity. Bambi: A Life in the Woods by Felix Salten, translated by Whittaker Chambers (Apparently there are other translations that are not as well done.)įor those unaware, this book is little like the movie you may remember.
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