All in the Golden Afternoon (Olivia version)

Archimedes was scurrying away into a huge garden of flowers and made a big hop over it, yet the tiny Olivia was still chasing him.

"Wait! Please!" Olivia called out to Archimedes, as she made her way through the large field of flowers, which was like a jungle to her miniature height. "Just a minute!"

However, there was no answer from Archimedes, as he had disappeared once again.

"Oh, dear," she said, placing her fists on her hips and shaking her head. "I'll never catch him while I'm this small."

Just then, Olivia looked up to see a group of butterflies with wings of bread with butter spread on each one fluttering by her and landing on a leaf nearby the entrance.

"Why, curious butterflies!" exclaimed Olivia.

"You mean *bread and* butterflies." a female voice said to her.

Olivia said, "Yes, of course, but...Hmmm?" But she gasped in shock and turned to see giant flowers. They were a red rose, a white daisy, a sapphire blue daisy, an amethyst purple iris, white lilies, and a small group of little pansies in a rainbow of colors. There were also a trio of blue bell-shaped flowers; tulips that were colored blue, violet, and pink; and a trio of flower buds in the colors of red, orange, and yellow.

"Now, who do you suppose..." she wondered out loud before a rocking horse with a red saddle, tail, and rockers and clear dragonfly-like wings on its back fluttered by her, neighing.

"Oh! A horsefly!" Olivia exclaimed. The creature swarmed around her before flying away. "I mean, uh...a *rocking* horsefly." Olivia continued.

"Naturally,” the voice said to her again.

Olivia jolted when she heard it and turned to see a beautiful brown doe, who had just spoken to her. "I beg your pardon, but did you..."

The doe was still inanimate, as Olivia then said to herself, "Oh, that's nonsense! Flowers can't talk."

"But of course we can talk, my dear." the doe, who is Bambi's mother, replied to her in a kind voice.

"If there's anyone worth talking to." a chubby pink female cat named Mme. Rubens-Chatte said to Bambi's mother.

A female white cat named Duchess joined in with a bubbly voice and a giggle, "Or about!"

"And we sing, too!" added the bunny girls.

"You do?" Olivia asked them, walking over to the bunny girls. She then heard a voice answering her, "Oh, yes."

It came from Perdita, who was with Maid Marian and Lady Kluck. "Would you like to hear "Tell It To the Tulips"?" asked Perdita.

"No! Let's sing about us!" the birds said.

"We know one about the shy little violets." Vixey added, as she, Miss Bunny, and Lady were hiding their faces bashfully.

"Oh, no! Not that old thing!" Rebecca Cunningham said, holding her nose with her paw.

"Let's do "Lovely Lily of the Valley"." Morgana Macawber said.

"How about the daisies?" Jennifer and Rachel added. They were shoved by Peg, who declared, "She won't like it at all!"

Bambi's mother tapped her conducting wand, which had the form of a small rose, and raised her arms up to stop the disagreements between the other female characters.

"Girls!" she said, stopping the feud, "We shall sing "Golden Afternoon". That's about all of us."

With a smile of delight on her face, Olivia took a seat on a three-leafed plant that was like a chair to her.

"Sound your "A," Morgana." Bambi's mother ordered Morgana. Morgana let out a joyous and beautiful "La," and the bunny girls joined in with a unified "Mi, mi, mi." Then Duchess then added an energetic "la la la," and Mme. Rubens-Chatte emitted a beautiful "Ah, ah, ah, ah" from her mouth. Lastly, Bagheera finished the intro with a "Dum du dum dum."

As most of the female characters started to sing their notes in a beautiful unison, the bread and butterflies fluttered away from the leaf and above the tulips that were bobbing back and forth in a joyous way. They then passed by Perla and Suzy who had just woken up from their soothing slumber.

Female Characters: *Little bread and butterflies kiss the tulips*
*And the sun is like a toy balloon*
*There are get up in the morning glories*
*In the golden afternoon*

Bambi's mother waved her wand with a merry smile on her face as she turned to the left. The bread and butterflies fluttered by Elephanchine and her elephants, one of whom goofily smacked the other with its trunk. Olivia was mimicking the conductor’s movements as her choice to join in the lovely serenade the flowers were singing altogether. Bluebelle gave Adult Flower an affectionate kiss, making it let out a lovable chuckle to his sweetheart.

Female Characters: *There are dizzy daffodils on the hillside*
*Strings of violets are all in tune*
*Tiger lilies love the dandy lions*
*In the golden afternoon*
***The golden afternoon***

Bambi's mother continued to wave her wand before the rocking horsefly landed on it, and she swiftly shook her wand and shooed rocking horsefly the away with it.

Meanwhile, two caterpillars in the form of Cri-Kee and Oliver were clashing with one another like a cat and a dog, whereas the rocking horsefly by Vixey, who was yawning lazily. Miss Bunny was resting on a hammock made out of a spider's web when the rocking horsefly swarmed around her, only to be swatted away by the sleepy bunny's paw.

Female Characters: *There are dog and caterpillars and the copper centipede*
*Where the lazy daisies love the very peaceful life*
*They lead*

Olivia and Bambi's mother were also yawning for a short time, before they got back to enjoying the song.

Female Characters: *You can learn a lot of things from the flowers*
*For especially in the month of June*

Bambi's mother resumed her conducting as the other female characters continued to sing, before her focus turned to a female Pomeranian/Chihuahua mix named Angel, who was underneath a drapery of cobwebs sparkling in dew.

Angel: *There's a wealth of happiness and romance*

Female Characters: *All in the golden afternoon*

Olivia swiftly turned her head and saw pink flowers in the shapes of bells ringing, which were made by the bubbly Duchess. A set of four snapdragons and a set of white snapdragons let out flute sounds as the shadow of the conducting doe appeared next to them. Three yellow orchids in the forms of tubas let out unified tunes that blended well, and they sounded on-key. Mme. Rubens-Chatte strummed a yellow lily in the form of a harp, which sounded like a string bass.

Suddenly, the flock of bread and butterflies fluttered passed by Bambi's mother and came to Olivia, delighting her. Then they tugged on the skirt of her dress and the ends of her tan fur-hair and carefully brought her over to the bunny girls as the female characters all sang their next line.

Female Characters: *All in the golden afternoon*
*The golden afternoon*

Once Olivia had made her way to the bunny girls, the bread and butterflies flew away from them and it was her turn to sing. Bambi's mother had a warm smile on her face and she started conducting again as Olivia sang the same line the female characters and Angel sang earlier.

Olivia: *You can learn a lot of things from the flowers*
*For especially in the month of June*
*There's a wealth of happiness and romance*

Olivia's line was suddenly cut short, as there was a brief break in her voice, and she placed a hand on her mouth and her eyes widened in shock. Her singing voice had made Mme. Rubens-Chatte shake her head and Duchess form a surprised look on her face, but Bambi's mother didn't mind the small mistake Olivia had just made.

All of the female characters sung out their final line as Bambi's mother continued to conduct, their voices blending into a beautiful mixture of song and the daffodil tubas blaring triumphantly.

Female Characters: *The golden afternoon*

Florrie was playing drums that were made up of chrysanthemum buds with her paws that were flashing lights in the colors of magenta, blue, and yellow, as Gia lifted two yellow daisies in the form of cymbals. Bambi's mother lifted her wand up, and Gia slammed the cymbals together, making a loud crashing noise to end the song. Bambi's mother took a bow with her wand on hand, as Olivia was clapping in praise of the beautiful melody she had just heard.

"Ohh, that was lovely!" she said to Bambi's mother, who leaned in toward her.

"Thank you, my dear." Bambi's mother replied to her kindly, gently patting Olivia on the head.

"What kind of garden do you come from?" Duchess, placing the tip of her left paw on the left side of her face.

"Well, I don't come from any garden." Olivia answered, making Duchess gasp in surprise.

"Do you suppose she's a wildflower?" Duchess asked Mme. Rubens-Chatte, shoving her roughly. Mme. Rubens-Chatte had a curious expression on her face.

"Oh, no. I'm not a wildflower at all." Olivia said to Duchess.

"Just what specie or, should we say, genus are you, my dear?" Bambi's mother asked Olivia.

"Well, ummm...I suppose you would call me a genus humanus, Olivia!"

"Ever see an Olivia with a blossom like that?" Duchess asked, a humorous smile forming on her face.

"Come to think of it," Mme. Rubens-Chatte said, "Did you ever see an Olivia?"

"Yes! And did you notice her petals?"

Duchess leaned in toward Olivia, examining her closely. "What a peculiar color!"

Mme. Rubens-Chatte sniffed Olivia's tan fur-hair for a second and added, "And no fragrance."

Duchess leaned in toward Olivia and lifted the skirt of her dress, revealing her bloomer-clad thighs, and observed her legs carefully. "Why, just look at those stems!" she exclaimed.

"Rather scrawny, I'd say." Mme. Rubens-Chatte added, as Olivia formed a disgruntled frown on her face and pulled her dress away from Duchess' grip.

"I think she's pretty." Young Nala said, only to have her mouth covered by Sarabi's paw.

"Quiet, Nala." Sarabi soothingly told her.

"But I'm not a flower!" Olivia exclaimed to the female characters, surprised and unhappy with their assumptions that she was a flower rather than the mouse she actually was.

"Aha!" exclaimed Mme. Rubens-Chatte, "Just as I suspected!" She then leaned in toward Bambi's mother and whispered in her ear, saying, "She's nothing but a common movable vulgaris."

"Ohhh, no!" the cows exclaimed in unison.

"What?" Olivia asked, looking around in confusion.

"To put it bluntly, a weed!" Mme. Rubens-Chatte observed sternly.

"I'm not a weed!" Olivia objected, folding her arms.

"Well, she wouldn't expect to admit it," Madame Upanova said to the other ostriches.

"Can you imagine?" Perdita said to Marian, who nodded to her.

"Goodness!" Duchess exclaimed, as the female characters were all gossiping about Olivia being the weed they had detested so much.

"Don't go to seed here!" Lady Kluck scolded Olivia, frightened by Mme. Rubens-Chatte's assumption that Olivia was a weed.

Olivia felt herself being pushed by one of the female characters, who told her to go on, and she stumbled into the bunny girls.

"Please, girls!" Bambi's mother begged the other female characters.

"We don't want weeds in our bed!" the bunny girls all said in unison, as one of them pushed Olivia up. The Scottish-British girl mouse then scurried away from the bunny girls, only to be pushed by the paw of Miss Bunny, who told her to move along.

As Olivia made her way through the garden, the pink and purple snapdragons blared in her ears, and Flower and Bluebelle growled ferociously at her, and even Percy was barking at her.

"All right!" Olivia yelled with a stern tone of voice, "If that's the way you feel about me, then here's what I have to say to all of you: If I were my right height, I would pick every one of you if I wanted to! Then I guess that ought to teach you a lesson about treating a lady with respect!"

The two elephants were giggling to one another, as if they had something in store for Olivia. They pushed down a blade of grass with a drop of water on it like a bucket, and the water spilled onto Olivia, causing her to fall over and ride on an orange leaf as if it were a small boat. The female characters started to laugh at her as Olivia then grabbed hold of a small weed's stem and squeezed the skirt of her dress to get rid of the water. Her wet fur-hair was covering her face as she then muttered, "You can learn a lot of things from the flowers. Hmph! Seems to me they could learn a few things about manners!"

Once she took off her hair-bow, Olivia shook her head rapidly like a dog getting out of a bath to remove the water before fixing her fur-hair with her fingers and placing her hair-bow back behind her ear. When she was all dried up, Olivia then made her way to find Archimedes...if only she knew where he would be going next in this odd world she was in.