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By Max Miesse The world of theater has many forms, and puppetry is among its oldest and most captivating. The first puppeteer took the stage sometime in the fifth century B.C., and since then the art form has expanded immensely. There are finger puppets, hand puppets, sock puppets, shadow puppets, muppet puppets, marionettes and more. As winter turns to spring in 2021, the Yellow Springs area will be introduced to a new kind of puppet: the traveling puppet. The Traveling Tabletop Theater, or TTT, is a mobile puppet theater complete with a stage, a sound system and even seating for a few dozen spectators, which will be touring the streets of Yellow Springs later this year. The organization behind this operation is the YS Kids Playhouse, or YSKP, and specifically John Fleming, its founder and longtime artistic director. ....