What you’re going to read is Noel MacNeal’s life in “the business we call show.” He’s an Emmy nominated puppeteer. That’s right - a puppeteer. It’s his life and the lessons he’s learned as a little pink bird, a baby dragon, a ninja turtle, a precocious inner-city kid, a lion cub, a profane squirrel, a bear in a big blue house, and on occasion a very big bird. Plus, all the monsters, grouches, talking food, writing, directing, producing, and appearances he’s done along the way to this back cover. Because a grown man could make up many things. This is not one of those occasions.