Eulenspiegel Puppet Company brought their most recent puppet show to the Lisbon Public Library’s Heritage Hall Tuesday, July 16.

The show, entitled “The Big Election,” highlights the importance of voting in an election.

Puppeteer Monica Leo said that attendees should pay attention to who they would want to vote for – Benny P. (the P stands for Progress) Beaver or Terry E. (the E stands for Environment) Turtle.

“Your job is to listen to who would be the better leader of the animals,” Leo said. “We want you to vote for who you think would be the best leader, and not just who is the cutest puppet.”

Included in the packet for all attendees was a ballot, a paper craft to create their own owl puppet, an I voted sticker and a brochure about elections and voting, written in both English and Spanish.

“The important information we’d let you know is there aren’t just elections that happen for the president every four years, but there are elections held every year for different offices and items,” Leo said.

“Everyone gets a vote, everyone gets a choice, however big or small you are, you’ve got an equal voice…” sang participants.

Benny in the course of the show, builds a beaver dam that creates more flooding and hardships for some of the other animals that encourages Terry to run for office.

In the end, every one did get a chance to vote in the election, and the story resolves with the ants coming out to vote in the polls.

Eulenspiegel Puppet Company is celebrating their 50th anniversary this year a s a puppet company based in West Liberty. They encouraged people who love puppet shows to visit West Liberty Saturday, Sept. 14, for the Children’s Festival taking place 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Those who love puppet shows should also put Tuesday, July 30 on their calendars, when Amy White will be performing a puppet show at Heritage Hall at 6 p.m. as part of the Lisbon Library’s summer reading program activities.