The story “The Ventriloquist” is included in the collection under the single title “Puppet Theater”, containing the plots of three psychologically subtle stories about animated dolls, filled with drama with a sad ending. In this story, a lonely Master dreams of creating the perfect doll. And one fine day he manages to achieve it. Passions develop, causing the creator to become greedy and uncontrollable. Evil awakens in his soul, and he strives to completely subjugate the Doll. Without realizing it, the heroes of the story turn into a string-pulling Ventriloquist and a broken Puppet.