Early debut
Donald may well have made his first printed appearance in Mickey мышь Annual 3 (published 1932; the annual for 1933), a 128-page British hardback. This book included the poem Mickey's Hoozoo, Witswitch and Wotswot, which listed all of Mickey's then-current скотный двор, коровник animal Друзья (most of Disney's major characters developed out of this скотный двор, коровник scenario). Among them was a утенок named Donald Duck. Besides the name, however, there is little similarity between this character and the one introduced in The Wise Little Hen during 1934. Mickey мышь Annual 3 was drawn entirely by Wilfred...
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