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The magician shows the audience a wide strip of fabric glued together in the form of a large ring. Having broken the ring twice along the generatrix, the magician receives three rings of fabric.

One of them is given to the viewer, the other is put aside, and the third one is again going to be broken along the generatrix, inviting the viewer to do the same. As everyone expected, the magician breaks the third ring into two separate rings. But for some reason, the viewer gets two rings connected like links in a chain.

The magician gives the spectator another chance and hands him the ring, set aside. The viewer breaks this ring along the generatrix, and the audience thinks that now two rings will turn out again, connected like links in a chain. However, the ring suddenly transforms into another ring, twice the diameter of the original one.

Focus secret:

The fabric for the rings should tear easily. All woven fabrics are torn in a straight line, but the material must be notched, so when buying fabric, make sure it is a woven fabric. Cotton calico is the easiest to tear, it is also the cheapest material of its kind, and there are always many attractive colors and patterns on the market. You don't have to spend money if you use the remnants of old sheets.

Having selected a suitable fabric, cut out of it a strip one meter long and 15 cm wide. At one end, make two cuts, dividing the end into three strips 5 cm wide. In what follows, we will call them strips A, B and C.

Flip strip A a full turn (360°) and glue it to the opposite end of the strip as shown. Glue the fabric with an overlap of about one centimeter. Next, glue strip B to the opposite end directly without flipping. Turn the last strip C half a turn (180°) and glue it to the opposite end.

Exactly in the center of each strip, make a slit about five centimeters long. The slot in each case must pass through the gluing point. Study the drawing to understand the exact location of the three slots. You are ready to demonstrate focus. You can find special fabric glue in the same store where you buy fabric. The ends of the strips can also be sewn.

1. Hiding the glued ends of the strips in your right hand, show the ring to the public. Draw the audience's attention to the fact that they see a continuous surface in front of them.

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2. Tear off strip C from the main ring and put the torn off ring on your right hand, hiding the bend of the ring at the elbow.

Focus Afghan rings

3. Break the main ring again, separating strips A and B as shown. Give ring A to the spectator and ring B to yourself. Draw his attention to the slit in the middle of both strips and invite the viewer to break the ring A he received along the generatrix into two new rings, while you do the same with ring B.

Focus Afghan rings

4. Ring B, not prepared, will be torn into two identical, separate rings.

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5. Spectators assume that the same result will be obtained by the viewer when he breaks ring A. At the end of the operation, they will be surprised to see that the viewer has two rings connected to each other like links in a chain.

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6. Explain to the volunteer that there is one more ring left and he has a chance. Remove ring C from the elbow and invite him to break the ring along the generatrix, as in the first time. The trick ends with a new surprise: ring C turns into a large ring right in the hands of the viewer!

Focus Afghan rings

Author: Mark Wilson

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