"Henry, what is the blood on the ground?"

Marianne didn't dare to come any closer, her back against the wall, vaguely aware of something.

Henry shook his hand again, the range of movement was the same as just now, and his lips opened and closed slightly: "It's okay, a crow has broken in, I'll deal with it, and I'll clean it up later." ”

It was indeed Henry's voice, just a little hoarse.

"Crows?" Marianne looked down at the crow puppet in her hand.

Henry put his hands on his knees and said without moving: "Yes, there is a name written on the belly, and it is called Marianne like you, as if it were a pair of two." ”

Boom!

The crow puppet falls on the floor.

Marianne subconsciously covered her mouth, her eyes full of horror.

Henry's head collapsed on his left shoulder, as if it had suddenly lost its strength to support it.

Behind him suddenly poked out the head of a woman, full of delicate silver hair, the heavy puff powder on her face could not hide the scars, and there were two black lines like a puppet on her jaw.

Marie. Shaw!

"Marianne, long time no see, you're old now." Marie. Xiao showed a terrifying smile and continued to say in Henry's voice, "Don't you call Auntie? When I grew up, I became impolite. ”

"Auntie...... Aunt...... What did you do with Henry? Marianne asked with tears in her eyes, trembling.

"Well, that's good." Marie. Xiao stood up and pressed his hands on Henry's shoulders, "He's talking too much, thinking too much, so I'll let him be quiet forever." ”

He ...... The voice was taken away by you? ”

"yes, you can't waste it. And, it's not just his voice. "Marie. Xiao slowly approached Marianne, who was huddled in the corner and didn't dare to move, "You know, I've always wanted to make the perfect puppet, but unfortunately it's really difficult, so it's inevitable that some ready-made parts will be needed. ”

The perfect puppet...... Off-the-shelf parts......

When Marianne heard these familiar words, her eyes felt dark, as if she had gone back many years ago.

……

At that time, Marianne was a little girl, and her parents died in an accident, so she had to follow her aunt Mary as a young child. Xiao performed all over the place. It wasn't until they arrived in the town of Ravensfield, where a magnificent theater had just been renovated, and their aunt's performances were so well received, that they were staying here for the time being.

She is a shy and introverted person, in addition to going to her aunt's room next door every day to learn some knowledge of puppet making, she is nesting in her small cubicle to read books and be in a daze. Plus Aunt Marie. Xiao is not an enthusiastic character, and after the daily performance, he buries his head in the room, and the two of them live a peaceful life in a simple life.

My aunt said that making a humanoid puppet was the hardest, so little Marianne started by making animal puppets.

One day, Marianne was working on a pair of crow puppets in her cubicle, which was the first time she had been praised by her aunt, so she happily carved her name on the bellies of the two crow puppets.

When she went to her aunt's room to get some tools, she saw a brown-haired boy sneaking at the door of her aunt's room trying to open the door.

My aunt went out shopping, and she won't be back for a while.

She confronted the boy, "What are you doing?" ”

When the boy saw her, he regained his composure after a moment's pause, and said very gently, "Hello, my name is Mike. Arsen, I've always loved Marie. Xiao's performance, so I wanted to come and visit her puppets, I heard that she has a lot of collections. ”

Indeed, there will be occasional people who come to visit the puppets, and my aunt will patiently introduce them to the side every time because of the order of the theater manager.

And the boy in front of him was neatly dressed, spoke politely, and looked like the son of a rich family, Marianne was afraid that if he neglected him, he would bring trouble to his aunt, so he hesitated for a while and said timidly: "The puppet is not in this room, you come with me, I will introduce you." ”

At the back of the stage, Marianne introduces the types and characteristics of the puppets, while Mike is completely shocked by the entire wall of puppets.

Marianne was a little smug and casually said that she was also learning to be a puppet. As a result, Mike insisted on seeing her work.

She was just a little girl at the time, and inevitably had some ostentatious emotions, and she took Mike to her own cubicle in a half-push.

The two freshly made crows do have a lively feeling, which makes Mike praise them a lot.

Marianne had been running around with her aunt for a few years, and rarely had the opportunity to play with peers her age, and it was interesting to listen to Mike talk about all sorts of new things she hadn't seen before.

While the two were chatting, she heard the door opening in the next room, and knew that it was her aunt who had returned, and was about to introduce Mike to her, when suddenly a large group of people rushed into the next room noisily.

There was a lot of noise next door, Marianne couldn't hear what was arguing at all, and Mike, who had been calm, seemed to hear someone's voice from it, his little face turned pale instantly, and he hurriedly grabbed Marianne, who was about to go out, and closed the door of the cubicle firmly.

"I can't stand the oppressive atmosphere at home, and the elders just let me learn this and that all day long, without considering my feelings. I just want to do something I love, like you can make puppets. So, I ran away from home, and it's been two days now, and those people are here to get me back. Mike explained softly, worry written all over his face, "Don't worry, they should have searched for the rest of the town. Xiao can't find me, I'll leave later. ”

Marianne nodded as if she didn't understand, but she felt that the other party was also a poor child, so she didn't insist on opening the door and going out.

After a while, the crowd did leave, and Mike let out a long breath and left.

Her aunt was not there, she turned out a piece of bread and waited until the evening when the theater manager hurried to tell her a piece of news.

The theater manager said he didn't know the specifics, but Marie. Xiao confirmed that he was dead, and that the little girl could continue to live in this cubicle if she was willing to do a handyman's job.

Marianne felt that the sky was falling, and she had nowhere to go, and after more than ten days in such a blur, she suddenly heard another movement in the next room.

She nervously pushed open the door, and saw the iconic silver hair and black robe, it was indeed her aunt who had returned.

Marie. Xiao turned around, his face was covered with scars, his jaw became a puppet, and he smiled and said to her, "Marianne, come over here and take a look, my aunt is making a new puppet." ”

On the table, Mike's eyelids had been cut off, and his chest and abdomen had been completely opened and cleaned.

"It's hard to make a perfect puppet, so you have to use some ready-made parts......