As he grows older, Bambi learns the sounds and smells of the forest. Sometimes his mother goes off by herself. Missing her one day, Bambi starts out to look for her and comes upon his cousins in the meadow. Famine suggests that both their mothers might have gone to visit their fathers. Bambi decides to continue his search by himself. As he stands at the edge of a clearing, he sees a creature he never saw before. The creature raises what looks like a stick to its face. Terrified, Bambi runs back into the woods as fast as he can go. His mother appears suddenly, and they both run home to their glade. When he and his mother are safe again, Bambi learns that the creature he saw is Man.