THE PUPPET-MAN

Instructions
Towards the end of the last century, there lived a puppeteer whose puppet shows 
always attracted large crowds wherever he performed.

Such was the skill of the puppeteer that rumours abounded that the puppets were 
not made of wood at all but were actually tiny people who were under the 
puppetman's control.

There was to be a Summer Fete centred around the village of Owlsmore. When it 
was announced that the puppetman was to attend with his little people, crowds 
from all over the surrounding country began to descend on the tiny village 
hoping to witness the much acclaimed spectacle. On the morning before the 
opening of the Fete it was discovered that the most important marionette of all 
had been mislaid or possibly even stolen.

The local people on hearing this news began to speculate that this was indeed 
proof that the puppets were, as they has always suspected, living creatures and 
that one of them had decided to leave.

Personally, you are astonished to learn of the puppet's disappearance because 
during the night you had had a most peculiar dream.

During your dream you had been visited by Mnemosyne, wife of Zeus and mother of 
the Muses. She had spoken thus - "I am Mnemosyne, I am memory."

"In the morning there will be the discovery that a valuable puppet has 
disappeared. If you are able to help some of my daughters, they in turn will 
help you find that which has been stolen."

These words from your dream now come back to you but you are unsure as to what 
to do next. Then a strange feeling comes over you and you hear the voice of 
Mnemosyne once again...