Retta Scott was hired in 1939, at the age of 23, to storyboard scenes for 𝑩𝒂𝒎𝒃𝒊 (1942). Working in charcoal, she produced a dramatic scene of Bambi and Faline fighting off a pack of hunting dogs. Impressed by her strong posing and sense of realism, Walt Disney and animator David Hand agreed that Retta should also animate the scenes. Retta had never animated, but the sense of action and character depicted in her boards made her a natural choice for animator. She drew what she recalled to be