text: Faline is a doe in Felix Salten 's novel Bambi , A Life in the Woods and its sequel , Bambi 's Children as well as in the Walt Disney movies Bambi and Bambi II .
simplified: Faline is a fictional female roe deer in Felix Salten 's novel Bambi , A Life in the Woods and its sequel , Bambi 's Children . She is Bambi 's mate .