Training to Go Skiing

"Training to Go Skiing" is the forty-second episode of the American animated television series Bambi. It first aired on April 5, 2000, on UPN as part of Disney's OneToo.

Summary
Thumper decides to try a different winter sport other than ice skating, so when he, along with Edgar, makes some skis out of wood, he decides to become a skier and teach Bambi how to be a skier, too, only to find out that Bambi isn't really good at skiing as much as he is at ice skating.

Plot
It is a snowy wintery day in the forest, as Bambi and Thumper ice skate on the icy lake, while the deer is trying to learn how to ice skate, which doesn't go as well as he'd hoped. After a while, they eventually get tired of ice skating and Thumper decides to try a different winter sport. Bambi asks him what sport he's gonna try, but Thumper can't tell him, as it's gonna surprise him. The rabbit also lets him learn about the new sport in case he wants to try it out, too, to which he agrees.

Thumper heads to Edgar the beaver for assistance and asks him to cut off some wood for the new sport he's going to try. The beaver does so, and Thumper makes some skis for him and Bambi with holders that are specifically suited for them with his help. He thanks the beaver and heads off to a spot where he can get a good look without anyone seeing the skis or him easily. He looks at the skis for a bit, before he gets an idea of becoming a skier himself. Though he has a rough start, he eventually gets the hang of skiing and shows Bambi that the sport he wanted to try was skiing, effectively meaning that Bambi has ski training tomorrow, just as he'd promised him.

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US

 * Bambi: Winter Wonderland (VHS)
 * Bambi: Season 1, Volume 2 (DVD)

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