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A magician shows one column of text cut from a newspaper. Folding the clipping in half, he cuts off the fold, receiving in return two strips of paper. When he unfolds the two separate strips, he sees that the newspaper column has magically been restored to form a single whole!

It seems as if the ends of the strips are connected. Puzzled by this repetition of events, the magician repeats the procedure: he again cuts the newspaper column, this time in the center and at an angle. To everyone's surprise, the paper is restored again. When it is unfolded, a fold is visible in the center of the column, and at an angle! Finally, the column of text cut from the paper is cut again and restored to its original form.

Focus secret:

A. Use scissors to cut out a single column in the advertising section of any newspaper. The column should be about half a meter long, or longer if you find one.

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B. Place the strip on the table and apply a thin layer of rubber cement along the center section on one side. Let the glue dry. Sprinkle the surface of the glue with talcum powder. Spread the talc evenly over the surface of the glue with a cloth or soft brush. (The talcum powder will prevent the surfaces from sticking together when you fold the strip in half.) Once you've completed this procedure, you're ready to present.

1. Start by showing a newspaper ad column, commenting on the different things being advertised in the newspaper. At this point in the procedure, it is appropriate to introduce an element of comedy by reading funny, awkward advertisements or pretending to read. It is advisable that these are genuine advertising texts, the most ridiculous and absurd that you can find. For example, “For sale: a citizen named Murphy, a used tombstone in excellent condition!”

2. After “reading” the first ad from the middle of the column, fold a strip of newsprint in half, with the prepared surface facing inward.

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3. Using sharp scissors, cut off the fold formed in the middle of the strip: be sure to strictly across the strip. Let them know that you are cutting out the ad you just “read.” You should cut a piece with a total length of no more than a centimeter. Before you cut a piece of strip, make sure that the glued surfaces are touching each other. With scissors you act openly, and the audience should have no doubt that the newspaper strip is cut into two, and it really is cut in two.

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4. Now carefully unfold the strip, showing that it has been restored into a single whole! Rubber cement will help the two strips connect at the cut end, creating the illusion that the advertising column has been restored. Even from a close distance, no one will notice the nature of this “reunion”.

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5. Act out the scene of reading the next, no less ridiculous ad, fold the strip of paper again and cut out another piece in the center. This time cut a piece of paper not straight across, but at an angle to the right, as shown in the picture.

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6. When you unroll the strip, the rubber cement will reconnect the two pieces, but the top piece will be at an acute angle to the right with respect to the bottom piece.

Focus Cut and Recovered Paper

7. Cut the folded strip again. This time - at an angle to the left.

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8. When you unfold the strip, the top part will be at an acute angle to the left.

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9. Finally, fold the strip again and cut part of the strip one last time - straight across, just like the first time in step 3.

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10. When you unfold the newspaper column, it will again be straight, as it was at the beginning.

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11. To complete the trick, crease or fold the strip of newspaper.

You can play along with the audience by feigning embarrassment every time you cut off a piece of newspaper. Each time you “make a mistake” and try to solve the problem by cutting off another piece of paper. The audience always laughs with pleasure when the magician makes a mistake.

Author: Mark Wilson

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