DAMIET van Dalsums eyes reddened, seeing the face of Queen Merope, his beautiful doll, falling to pieces. Her forehead and nose cracked. In a short time he would play the Club Medea show which featured Queen Merope as one of the cast. He seemed to be suppressing his anger.

But, the 63-year-old Dutch puppeteer quickly took some rubber glue to repair Meropes face. He did not know what caused the damage. He tried to move the doll but it still looked