IN CAPE Town last weekend, I spent time with my nephew, Simon, in his extremely cool bamboo house, which one reaches by climbing up a ladder and crossing a long bridge. Inside he stashes loot: a jewel-encrusted sword, a radio in the shape of a daisy, a pistol and a bell that alerts him to intruders. Later, we went to see "The Princess and the Frog": the princess is black, and when she kisses the frog, she turns into one herself; all set in New Orleans and featuring a vicious voodoo man. Take your children.