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Miraculous Magic Tricks
by Mike Lane
Illustrations by David Mostyn
New York
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Published in 2012 by Windmill Books, an Imprint of Rosen Publishing
29 East 21st Street, New York, NY 10010
Copyright 2012 by Arcturus Publishing Ltd.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form
without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer.
First Edition
Author: Mike Lane
Editors: Patience Coster and Joe Harris
Illustrations: David Mostyn
Design: Tokiko Morishima
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lane, Mike.
Close-up magic / by Mike Lane.
p. cm. (Miraculous magic tricks)
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-61533-515-2 (library binding)
ISBN 978-1-4488-6737-0 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-1-4488-6738-7 (6-pack)
1. Magic tricksJuvenile literature. I. Title.
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CONTENTS
Introduction 4
The Magicians Pledge 5
Card through Table 6
Coin Vanish 10
Three-Cup Confusion 13
Crushed! 16
Sweep 18
Fruit Picking 20
Plate Balance 22
Water to Ice 24
Its Alive! 26
Knot 28
Card in Pocket 29
Further Reading, Web Sites,
Glossary, and Index 32
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INTRODUCTION
W
ithin these pages you will discover great close-up magic
tricks that are easy to do and impressive to watch.
To be a successful magician, you will need to practice the
tricks in private before you perform them in front of an
audience. An excellent way to practice is in front of a mirror,
since you can watch the magic happen before your own eyes.
When performing, you must speak clearly, slowly, and loudly
enough for everyone to hear. But never tell the audience
whats going to happen.
Remember to watch your angles. This means being careful
about where your spectators are standing or sitting when
you are performing. The best place is directly in front of you.
Never tell the secret of how the trick is done. If someone
asks, just say: Its magic!
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THE MAGICIANS PLEDGE
I promise not to reveal the secrets of magic to those
who are not magicians.
I promise to practice these magic tricks over and
over again before attempting to perform them in
front of an audience.
I promise to respect my art, the art of magic.
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ILLUSION
A spectator chooses a card
from a deck. He returns
his card to the deck,
which is placed on a table.
The magician slaps or
taps the card through
the deck and the table.
CARD THROUGH TABLE
The magician asks a
spectator to choose
a card from a deck.
The magician splits the deck and
places the two halves side by side.
While doing this, he sneaks a card
from the deck and holds it face down
in the palm of one hand. He keeps
it hidden from the spectator by
resting his hand casually on his leg.
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The magician asks the
spectator to place his card
face down on whichever half
of the deck he prefers.
Using the hand in which the
card is hidden, the magician
slaps the pile that contains
the spectators card. While
doing this, he places the
hidden card on top of it.
MAGICIANS TIP!
Youll need to perfect the
art of palmingslipping
a card from the deck into
your hand without anyone
noticing. try practicing
in front of a mirror until
you can do it quickly
and easily.
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The magician
places this
card on the
other deck.
The magician
taps the deck.
He mimes the same action
of slapping and tapping with
the other deck, but does
not place a card on it.
The magician now picks up what
the spectator believes is his card,
but is really the card that the
magician had hidden in his hand.
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The magician picks up the rst deck with
the spectators card and places it under
the table, directly beneath the deck with
the hidden card. The magician asks the
spectator to choose whether he wants
the magician to slap his card, or tap it.
The magician does
whatever the spectator
tells him to do.
The magician takes the
top card from the deck
beneath the table. He
shows the spectator
his card, which
appears to have been
slapped or tapped
through the table.
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ILLUSION
The magician places a
coin on a table, covers it
with a clear glass tumbler,
and the coin vanishes.
He removes the tumbler
and the coin reappears.
COIN VANISH
Prior to the trick, the magician
prepares the tumbler. He
places the coin and the tumbler
on a piece of red paper.
He cuts the paper to
t exactly over the
mouth of the tumbler.
He glues the paper
on to the tumbler.
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Now he places the tumbler
face down on another,
larger piece of red paper.
The spectator will not be
able to see the glued-on
piece because it matches
the larger piece of paper.
The magician covers the
tumbler with a handkerchief.
He lifts both tumbler and
handkerchief and places
them over the coin.
To perform the trick, the
magician places the coin
next to the tumbler.
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The magician removes
the handkerchief to
show that the coin has
vanished. (The coin is
now underneath the
paper that is glued to the
mouth of the tumbler.)
The magician covers
the tumbler again
and lifts the glass
and the handkerchief.
Hey prestothe coin
has reappeared!
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ILLUSION
