阅读理解Wang Maowei，a 40﹣year﹣old artist is good at making stick puppets （木偶）.
When he was a little boy，he watched how his parents performed those beautiful puppets，and how interesting those performances were. Gradually
When he was 17，he went to Xi'an，Shanxi Province，he returned to his hometown to work with the same group as his parents did.
It takes 40 to 50 days to make a stick puppet. The average height of a puppet is 75 centimeters to I meter，and it has different costumes to fit different plays and stories.
To make puppets，you need to have some basic knowledge of fine arts. The most difficult part is to persist （坚持） because it can be robotic and hard work. Wang was strict with himself. After at least five years of learning from his master，he began to think out new forms. "It is important to keep up with the times and be creative"，he said to himself.
Wang's puppets are special. He found a special kind of paper to make his puppets. It lets puppet players put gears （机关） inside the puppet heads to make them work—the nose，eyes and mouth of a puppet can all move with the use of one stick.
With the help of modern technology，his puppets can even perform bianlian，or face﹣changing. To attract more young people
