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This trick is best shown among a small number of viewers or in an intimate circle of friends. It belongs to the so-called pocket tricks, as it is demonstrated with the help of simple, and most importantly, small props.

The artist takes out two small bars from his pocket, one of which has the shape of a rectangle, and the other is the shape of a pencil with a narrow slot at the end (Fig. 1). An elastic band is attached to a rectangular bar on one side, and a hole is made on its other side.

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After allowing the audience to examine both bars, the artist invites one of them to try to get the slot of one bar into the loop of the elastic band of the other, introducing for this purpose a bar with a sharpened end into the hole of a rectangular bar (Fig. 2). At first glance, the matter is trifling, and there are always many who want to show off their skills. But, unfortunately, none of the spectators can do this. And the performer, taking the bars in his hands, does this without any difficulty.

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Focus secret:

Two wooden blocks - that's the whole props of this trick. The features of their manufacture are clear from the drawings.

At the bottom of a rectangular bar there is a cork with an elastic band. On the opposite side of it, a hole was made, designed to introduce another bar into it.

The second block is machined in the form of a pencil with a tip with bevelled edges on one side and a slot on the other.

But the audience will not be able to complete the task proposed by the performer anyway, since they will look for the secret of actually getting the slot of one bar into the loop of the elastic band of another. And here you just need ingenuity. After all, such details as an elastic band and a slot in a bar mean nothing in this trick and play a deceptive role. The secret of the focus is not in them.

The artist only pretends to have hooked the rubber band. In fact, he presses with only two fingers - thumb and forefinger - on the beveled edges of the bar, and the bar slips out of his fingers, giving the viewer the complete impression that the stick is caught by the slot on the elastic loop and that the elastic is pulling the bar back (Fig. 3) .

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Author: Akopyan A.A.

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