"golden apples"
The second unpublished Barks-story is one he lists as "Golden Apples", a
ten-pager submitted Januari 3, 1952, and it was planned for "Walt Disney's
Comics and Stories" No. 144. However, this issue carried the story
originally scheduled for "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories" No. 145
(about spending Scrooge's money) and Barks' records note that the golden apples
story "must have been shelved".
What has happened to this story is a mystery. As Barks remembers it, the story
was a modern version of the myth of Atalanta and the golden apples. In a 1974
interview with Michael Barrier, he
said: "I only recall that I had Daisy quite angry with Donald because he was
trying to win the hand, I guess, of this queen of the apple festival.... Every
time that Donald would be about to catch up with this fleeing queen, or
princess, or goddess, whatever she was, she would drop her golden apple and he
would pick it up, and then he had to chase her again.... Daisy was so jealous
that she was throwing things at Donald, and she was not acting in a ladylike
manner. That was the objection.... That was the only excuse they gave me." On
another occasion, in an 1976 and/or 1983 interview, Barks has described the
story as: "The story of Donald's footrace with Daisy - the one about the
golden apples."
The story is lost.
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