The Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters: From Mickey tetikus to Hercules by
John Grant

Walt Disney Character huraian 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 telah diberi her for Krismas is a puppy, Lady, had its origins in an incident in Walt's own life. Many years before he had forgotten about a makan malam, majlis makan malam tarikh with his wife, and some sort of gift sejak way of a peace-offering was definitely called for - something really special. His solution was to give her a anjing, anak anjing in a hatbox....