The Melted Head of Madame Tussaud
Legend Contributued by: Kyle Ammon
Olmec: One of the most famous sculptors in all of Europe was a
frenchwoman named Marie Tussaud.  As a young woman, she learned to
sculpt in her uncle's wax museum in Paris.  During the revolution she
was imprisoned for being an aristocrat, and forced to do sculptures of
important frenchmen.  Legend has it that one day Napoleon Bonaparte
came to her prison workshop.

Napoleon: I have just been made a general, and I need you to make a
bust of me!

Olmec: Marie had no choice.  But as she worked, she plotted her escape.

  When the sculpture was finished and Napoleon had left, Marie pulled
the wax bust over her head!

Marie (disguised as Napoleon): Guard, I am ready to leave.

Olmec: Moments later she stood on a street outside the prison.  A taxi
carriage stopped, and she climbed in.

Driver: Where to, mon general?

Marie: Who?  Oh..um...uh, London on the double!  Important affairs of
state!

Olmec: As they drove toward the border, the sun rose and the wax head
began to melt!

Driver: Mon general, you do not look so good!

Marie: I'm...just tired.

Driver: I've been tired, but my entire face never drooped!

Olmec: Before the driver could protest, Marie jumped from the cab and
hopped the next ship for England, where she set up her wax museum.  The

wax head eventually made it's way to the temple!  You're quest is to
find the melted wax head of Madame Tussaud and bring it back here!

Kirk: Thank you Olmec!  So tell us, where is this melted head at?

Olmec: The Melted Head of Madame Tussaud can be found in the Quicksand
Bog!
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