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QUESTIONS
IDEAL for a family
Compiled by Charles Legge picnic. Serves: 4TODAY’S RECIPE: Layered
rainbow salad pots
MethodQUESTION
What was the first
Disney animated
film with an original storyline?
When The Lion King — the 32nd Disney
animated feature — was released in 1994,
a great fanfare was made by the company
that it was the first to feature an original
storyline. Until then, its films were based
on fairy tales or children’s books.
Subsequently, it was admitted that
some dramatic themes were borrowed
from Shakespeare’s hamlet and stories
from the Bible.
Others have pointed out the close
resemblances to the Japanese manga
cartoon Kimba The White Lion, by
Osamu Tezuka, serialised in Manga
Shonen magazine in the early Fifties.
An anime based on it — the first colour
animated TV series made in Japan — was
broadcast in the Sixties and shown in the
U.S. in 1984 as Leo The Lion.
There are many similarities, such as the
lion cubs’ names Kimba and Simba,
though Simba means ‘lion’ in Swahili.
Both feature one-eyed evil lions, Claw
and Scar; sage baboons Dan’l Baboon
and Rafiki; animated birds Pauley
Cracker and Zazu; and hyena sidekicks.
Though the plots are different, various
scenes have striking similarities. Both
feature the Circle of Life and the
protagonist looking up at clouds in the
shape of his father, Mufasa.
This was sent up in the Simpsons
episode Round Springfield, where a
parody of Mufasa in the clouds tells Lisa
Simpson: ‘You must avenge my death,
Kimba... er, I mean Simba!’
however, Disney maintains it was all
coincidence. no lawsuit has been brought
by the makers of the anime.
Another candidate for the first original
Disney animated film is The Rescuers
Down Under — the 29th Disney animated
feature and a sequel to The Rescuers.
The original 1977 film was based on the
novels of Margery Sharp. The 1990 sequel
was an original story featuring Sharp’s
characters, Bernard and Bianca.
Toy Story, the 1995 computer-animated
buddy comedy featuring cowboy Woody
and action figure Buzz Lightyear, was an
original script with new characters
created by, among others, the film’s
director John Lasseter. It was produced
by Pixar Animation Studios, a Walt
Disney Pictures subsidiary.
Helen Woodland, Worcester.QUESTION
Has a crime been
committed in
outer space? If so, which jurisdiction
did it fall under?
UnTIL 2001, astronauts were military
officers or civilians under the authority of
a government space agency.
The visit of multi-millionaire Dennis
Tito to the International Space Station
in 2001 ushered in the era of space
tourism. As private citizens become
astronauts, complex legal issues arise.
To date, the only space ‘crime’ has
involved liabilities for pollution.
There are a series of voluntary interna-
tional space treaties, the most important
of which is 1967’s Treaty On Principles
Governing The Activities Of States In
The exploration And Use Of Outer
Space, Including The Moon And Other
Celestial Bodies — now known as the
Outer Space Treaty.
It has more than 100 signatories, includ-
ing space-faring nations the U.S., China,
India, Russia, France and Britain.
They pledge the ‘exploration and use of
outer space shall be carried out for the
benefit and in the interests of all countries
and shall be the province of all mankind’.
The signatories agree to keep space a
peaceful, non-militaristic zone and not to
send nuclear weapons into orbit around
the earth or on celestial bodies.
The treaty expressly prohibits the use
of the Moon and other celestial bodies for
the ‘establishment of military bases,
installations and fortifications, the test-
ing of any type of weapons and theconduct of military manoeuvres’. Under
1972’s Convention on International
Liability For Damage Caused By Space
Objects, signatories agree liability.
This law was applied in 1978 following a
malfunction of Kosmos 954, a Soviet
reconnaissance satellite, which scattered
radioactive debris over northern Canada,
prompting an extensive clean-up.
A claim was brought by Canada for
$6million. They settled for $3million.
Robin Bland, Aylesford, Kent.QUESTION
My book club
challenge is to
find a novel to make the members
cry. Any recommendations?
FURTheR to earlier answers, my
suggestion is The Travelling Cat
Chronicles, by hiro Arikawa, translated
from the Japanese original.
A young man takes his beloved cat on a
long car journey, visiting various old
school friends. It transpires he’s dying of
cancer and hopes to find a new home for
his pet. It’s a beautiful, emotional story,
unusually told and seen through the eyes
of the cat. I defy anyone not to be moved.
Margaret Brown, Potters Bar, Herts.
I hAVe been a librarian for 35 years and
the saddest book I have ever read and
would heartily recommend is Froggy’s
Little Brother by Brenda.
Written in 1875, it relates the plight of
19th-century destitute children known
as street arabs.
It follows the trials of seven-year-old
Froggy and his family, living on the
fringes of poverty in London.
I first read it at the age of eight while
staying with my grandparents and
remember sobbing.
I inherited the book, but don’t read this
copy as it’s so fragile, but I have bought
a replacement. I have tried to re-read the
story several times since, but by page five
I can feel the tears starting.
I lent it to an english teacher, telling
her how poignant and sad it was. She
started to read it on the train, but had to
put it away because she began to cry.
Kim Graham, Spalding, Lincs.
RAIn by Barney Campbell is a novel
based on the author’s experiences as a
serving soldier in Afghanistan. Though
the language may be a trifle fruity for a
ladies’ book club, it will make you laugh
and cry in equal measure.
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Top cat: Disney’s The Lion King350g pasta shapes
200g green beans,
trimmed and chopped
160g can tuna in olive
oil, drained
4 tbsp mayonnaise
4 tbsp natural yoghurt
½ small pack chives,
snipped (optional)200g cherry
tomatoes, quartered
1 orange pepper, cut
into little cubes
195g can
sweetcorn, drained1 Cook pasta until al dente (two minutes less
than pack instructions) and drain well. Cook
green beans in simmering water for two
minutes, then rinse in cold water and drain
well. Mix tuna with mayonnaise and yogurt.
Add chives, if using.
2 Tip pasta into a large glass bowl, four small
ones or wide-necked jars. Spoon tuna
dressing over top of pasta. Add a layer of
green beans, followed by a layer of cherry
tomatoes, then pepper and sweetcorn. Cover
and chill until you’re ready to eat.
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