bambi trauma

somebody forgot to tell the author how important a child's sense of security is. bambi loses his mom. now right there i was shocked twice. how do you explain that to a baby? (yeah, for me a 4yr old is still a baby). and how do you explain the fact that 'bambi' is a boy?! so mommy and baby today stepped into phoren terrain, reading bambi for the first time.

probably last time as well. for sanjana bawled and bawled and bawled. when will bambi's mommy come back? who were those men? why did they shoot? someone tell me why they wrote this story. sanjana has been on a "how do they make chicken?" trip for some months now. and she doesnt mean the recipe. do you kill it? why? you shouldnt kill, right? right. i'm a vegetarian. apparently that's what she has told her teacher. and her concerned eyes are making me follow suit. (i know a certain someone who'll be glad to read this.)

she lies beside me now as i type and is asking me if i am blogging the bambi saga. yes, how did you know? and again, "is the mommy killed?" i dont know. "she might be killed?" i dont know, doll. right about now i could wring the neck of whoever wrote that story (oops, wrong sentiment, uh). this child is traumatised. i can only imagine what dreams she'll have.

and i still cannot get over the fact that bambi is male.