[3]The Little Girl Giant

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What It Is: In 2005 and 2006, the innovative French theater company Royal de Luxe brought a remarkable puppet show to London, Antwerp, and Nantes. The show told the story of a time-traveling little girl and an elephant. The remarkable part: the puppet of the little girl was 16 feet tall. The elephant was 40 feet tall. Those are big puppets.

There are several online videos of these and other Royal de Luxe shows. The most popular we have found is The Little Girl Giant, a five-minute video with 3.1 million views.

It begins with a title card:

The Little Girl Giant

The little girl giantwoke up one morning,got a shower from ...

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