Lady was the ideal Christmas present for Darling.
The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters: From Mickey 老鼠, 鼠标 to Hercules by
John Grant
Walt 迪士尼 Character 描述 of Lady from "Lady and the Tramp" (1955)
The opening sequence in the movie, when Darling opens up a hatbox to discover that the gift which Jim Dear has 给 her for 圣诞节 is a puppy, Lady, had its origins in an incident in Walt's own life. Many years before he had forgotten about a 晚餐 日期 with his wife, and some sort of gift 由 way of a peace-offering was definitely called for - something really special. His solution was to give her a 小狗 in a hatbox....
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