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Disney himself wanted <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/what-do-my-quarantine-dreams-mean\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Julie Andrews<\/a> to play the part of the magical English nanny.<\/p>\n<p>The actress asked to hear the movie\u2019s songs. When the brothers played their tunes, she loved them all\u2026except for their favorite, the one that Robert and Richard had been certain would be a hit. <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/faith-prayer-devotions\/guideposts-classics-walt-disney-on-divine-inspiration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walt Disney<\/a> demanded a replacement for it, pronto. The brothers, however, had run out of ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Disheartened, Robert headed home. He asked his family how their day was and learned that his young son, Jeffrey, had received his <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/coping-with-illness\/his-sons-brave-battle-to-recover-from-polio-bolstered-a-fathers-faith\/\">polio vaccination<\/a> at school. \u201cDid it hurt?\u201d he asked his son, who was notorious for wreaking havoc whenever anyone tried to give him an injection. No, Jeffrey said, there was no shot this time. Just a drop of liquid on a sugar cube that he swallowed.<\/p>\n<p>A light bulb went off in Robert\u2019s head, and he rushed to call his brother. 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