[ her smile grows. he's saying more words to her than simply 'yes' and 'sorry'. ]

Nope. Sorry about that. More of a cautionary tale. So the owner of the travelling show starts locking poor Pinny up at night. For his own safety, he says. Our little puppet-boy ends up in a situation a lot like ours...singing and dancing for someone else's amusement. Caged.

He escapes, of course.