When Johnny Kingdom met Bambi she was a frightened baby deer abandoned by her mother and trapped by the leg in a barbed wire fence. After he untangled her, Johnny became the calf's surrogate mother, carrying her from place to place and nursing her after the dangerous operation to amputate her now infected leg. As Bambi grew bigger she became a part of Johnny's family, taking over his garden and developing a taste for custard creams (and Johnny's wife's roses). But it wasn't just Johnny and his family who loved Bambi, the entire village came to lavish her with care and attention, dropping by with tasty treats they thought she might enjoy. But a three-legged deer was only the start of what Johnny had to contend with. Although Bambi was the centre of the Kingdom menagerie, she certainly wasn't the only member and she didn't always take kindly to the others. Getting to know Tommy the buzzard was a bit of a challenge. Having introduced us to Bambi in his autobiography Johnny now tells her full life story. At times both poignant and hilarious, this is the tale of how one very special animal united a family and brought together a whole community.