"Melissa is a carefully crafted marionette and has been working in theater all her life. She has traveled globally and is a prized position of the Czech Republic. She has been in love with her puppeteer, Andrew, from the beginning of her career. Melissa allows him to move her tired limbs, torso, legs and head, manipulating strings which are attached to small hooks embedded at certain points. She believes in doing her best performance show after show. After so many years, all Melissa wants is...

"Lemon’s family are caretakers for a lemon tree orchard. They worked hard day- in and day- out picking, washing and crating the lemons for shipping all over the country. As a child, Lemon’s favorite playground was the orchard with its floral aroma and white and yellow blossoms. Its plump fruit appeared like tree ornaments dancing in the summer breeze. As time went on, Lemon grew to love her life among the orchard. She became an expert baker. Her deserts were exquisite and becoming well known...

"Fiona grew up in the botanical gardens in South Florida near the everglades. Her home sits on stilts two hundred feet above shallow wetland. It is situated within a wildlife sanctuary with hundreds of flamingos nesting on mudflats in huge colonies. As a child, Fiona would play games like hide and seek and tag with the flamingos, pet them and name them just as if they were her own playmates. As years went by, Fiona never lost her love for the beautiful pink birds. Her parents were getting on...