It seems that the impulse to make inanimate figures move and talk is a very natural one, and that's exactly what puppets are all about. And that's probably why they've existed for thousands of years.

What is a land-locked country? It is a country with no coastline at all. If you are a Hungarian or a Paraguayan, you have to pass through somebody else’s country if you want to go to the beach.

A refugee, defined by the United Nations, is a person who is unable to return to their country because of a well-founded fear of persecution based on their race, caste, religion, nationality, or political opinion.