竿
=
⺮
+
干
:
Guy Fawkes (g) wants to enjoy his dried fruit (干) in front of the anthill (an1), but the ants try to enjoy his dried fruit as well. He has to climb to the top of a pole (竿) and fend off the ants with a bamboo stick (⺮) in order to save his dried fruit.
to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view
见
=
⺆
+
儿
:
Joan of Arc (ji) set up a surveillance camera (mnemonic symbol for 见) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). With its help, she can see Sun Wu Kong (儿) stapling (儿) his hat to his head.
picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace
影
=
彡
+
景
:
Maud Younger (y) wants to watch a movie (影) inside of the engine ((e)ng3), but only men are allowed. She doesn't bounce back but instead, being a suffragist, puts on a long, fake Santa beard (彡). She enters to find that the whole movie consists of a still frame of a bonsai tree, a landscape in a pot. Back in the days, the script writers were not so experienced it seems.