" She was obsessed with the success of her maternal grooming: "Come, August, we shall reply to the king at once.Some considered that Bambi""s story (the pastoral peacefulness and unadulterated vision of the natural forest destroyed by Man""s cruelty) paralleled he traumatic shock that America felt when its stability and innocence were shattered by the attack on Pearl Harbor in late 1941, and worldwide conflict began against outside hostile forces (the Japanese and the Germans) when men were sent away to die in faraway places.Rob, Trish, and the dog Gordon walked next door, where they found a huge hole in the front door ("He""s been here").Abby also delivers one of the film""s most memorable lines - a sentimental remembrance of the last words of one of their victims:One of our gentlemen found time to say, ""How delicious!""When Mortimer insists that they must do something, Abby reprimands him for acting crazy: "Now Mortimer, you behave."(in voice-over)1919.The war is over and he people of New York are tiring of the constant triumphal procession of returning troops.