Lady was the ideal Christmas present for Darling.
The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters: From Mickey panya, kipanya to Hercules by
John Grant
Walt Disney Character Description 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 aliyopewa her for krisimasi is a puppy, Lady, had its origins in an incident in Walt's own life. Many years before he had forgotten about a chajio, chakula cha jioni tarehe with his wife, and some sort of gift kwa way of a peace-offering was definitely called for - something really special. His solution was to give her a puppy in a hatbox....
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