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Sesame Street: Meet Lily, the first homeless muppet

US children's TV show Sesame Street is introducing a homeless muppet for the first time, to help its young viewers learn about the issue.

Lily is a seven-year-old girl whose family comes to stay with friends when they lose their apartment.

She tells fellow muppet Elmo about her situation while the pair paint a rainbow mural, saying sadly: "I'm not sure I want to paint anymore."

They are using the colour purple, the same shade that was in her old bedroom.

Lily explains that she had to leave the room behind, as "we don't have our own apartment anymore. And we've been staying in all different kinds of places".

On social media, some fans joked that the lovably grumpy bin-dwelling character Oscar the Grouch, who debuted in 1969, has "been homeless since the Vietnam War".

However, since he chooses to live in a dustbin and sings a song called "I Love Trash", this is likely to be his own choice.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46551197