This synopsis is from Google Books (see link). It is only when Mouche - at the end of the season- promises to marry a trapeze artist in the show, that he finds a way to make her see that he is the composite of all the puppet characters she has come to love.' But the puppeteer keeps out of public view - and in his private life seems cruel, malicious, hard and cynical. The show, with a naive girl and effectively operated puppets who seem truly to have their independent beings, becomes a rural sensation. Movie goers will have seen the screen version of her rescue by a troupe of puppets, of her strange adventure in the land of half truth, grim and unpalatable, and half make believe. 'Paris and the rural byways of France form the setting for the story of ''Mouche'', a 22-year old orphan, adrift and jobless in a Paris spring. The following synopsis comes from the original Kirkus review published on Novem(see link) and you can see how the plot and location of the short story has changed. The scanned copy here at Internet Archive/Open Library is the only easily accessible copy I could find. Most of the copies are in Australia or England. The book is available at various book sites on the Internet but a physical copy of the book is difficult to find from a library, even using WorldCat.

The actors Jerry Orbach and Kaye Ballard were also in the original Broadway cast. It starred Anna Maria Alberghetti and was directed by Gower Champion. Carnival is a musical, originally produced by David Merrick on Broadway in 1961, with the book by Michael Stewart and music and lyrics by Bob Merrill. The story and the novella along with the film, Lili, became the basis for Carnival, the Broadway musical. It's also about the love/hate relationship the girl has with the disfigured puppet-master, a former hockey player whose face was scarred after accidents on the ice. Robineau (a French lady), Doctor Henderson (a stuffy penguin), and Mr. The puppets are Peter (a leprechaun), Panda (a fat panda), Arthur (a raffish crocodile), Mme. The story (available to read here ) tells the tale of Milly Maynard, a young woman who appears on the Peter and Panda show, a popular children's television show, on which she talks to six puppet characters. The short story differs from this novella. It was published in the Saturday Evening Post in the Octoissue.

Gallico titled, The Man Who Hated People. This is the expanded novella of a story by Mr.

Love of Seven Dolls by Paul Gallico