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Spectacular trick with the appearance of a lady.

Focus secret:

You will have to sacrifice two cards - for example, the Queen of Hearts and the Seven of Spades. It is necessary to use a knife and a ruler to bend the cards in half - the lady along, and the seven across. In addition, the lady needs to make an incision from the edge to half the width (Fig. a).

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To realize the effect, take the lady in your left hand, and the seven in your right hand and show them from both sides. At the same time, the thumb of the left hand closes the incision so that it is not visible to the audience (Fig. b).

Then both cards are folded in half, and the lady turns so that the edges folded to each other are directed to the right (Fig. c). With all these manipulations, you need to stand with your left side to the audience. Weaken the compressive force of the left hand and slide the seven into the gap that has arisen from above, and the left little finger serves as a brake for you (Fig. d).

Now bend both cards along the fold lines so that the pictures are outside, and hold them with three fingers of your left hand (Fig. e, f). If now you move the lady into the seven from top to bottom, then she will come out on the other side by about one third, but not as a picture, but as a shirt (fig. g).

Repeat this movement several times to fix the effect. Then, without letting the spectators come to their senses, quickly do the weight of the manipulation in reverse order, put both cards together and put them in your pocket.

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