I am a little marionette . See my golden hair ? See my little hands ? What do you see , when you see me ? Bright blue sky in my clear eyes and black velvet ribbon in my hair . Touch me if you dare , touch me if you dare . Sometimes I hang by my strings , sometimes I run as freely as I wish . But it wasn't always like this , I wasn't always like this . In this theatre of marionettes , I am the smallest but not the youngest . I am the most innocent but not the most naive . And sometimes , sometimes when I am not on the stage , when the lights are dark and there is no audience to charm , sometimes I remember things . Wonderful , terrible , beautiful things . I think I was once a little girl ...


Extract from "Theatre des Marionettes" by Maggie Tan