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The magician enters the stage and makes a salutatory bow to the audience. Then, rolling up the sleeves of his jacket, he shows the audience that there is nothing in his hands. After that, the performer takes out a small colorful handkerchief from the top pocket of his jacket and also shows it to the audience.

The artist begins to push the handkerchief into the fist of his left hand. He does this until the handkerchief is no longer visible to the audience. After a few seconds, the artist slowly opens his fist, and the audience sees a completely empty hand - the handkerchief that was in this hand has disappeared without a trace. And suddenly the artist takes it out from behind the collar of his jacket.

Focus secret:

To demonstrate the trick, you will need two identical handkerchiefs 20 x 20 cm in size made of fine silk or colored nylon, a piece of linen elastic 30-40 cm long (the length of the elastic is selected based on the length of the performer's hand from the elbow to the first phalanges of the fingers) and a baby nipple.

The secret device in this case is also very simple. A nipple rubber should be tied to the narrow part of the nipple, and a metal ring should be inserted into the wide hole, at the edge of the nipple (Fig. 1).

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The ring should be slightly larger in diameter than the opening of the nipple so that it stretches the edges of the nipple and does not slip inside. Get a kind of sideboard.

It is attached to the lining of the jacket (the jacket must be unbuttoned) on the left side, just above the pocket, parallel to the lowered arm, with the wide opening of the nipple down (Fig. 2) so that the nipple is 1 cm above the hem of the jacket. In no case should the nipple pop out from under the hem of the jacket. But the performer, having lowered his hand, must immediately grope for it in order to be able to pick up the nipple with his fingers at the right moment.

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The performer hides one of the handkerchiefs behind the collar in advance, and places the other in the upper pocket of the jacket. Now he can go on stage. Having shown the audience empty hands, the performer brings his right hand to the upper pocket for a handkerchief, and lowers his left hand and gropes for the sideboard nipple with it. The artist at this time is standing, turning his right side to the auditorium. Taking a handkerchief out of his pocket, he throws it into the air to draw the attention of the audience to it (Fig. 3).

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With his left hand, the performer calmly and quickly picks up the nipple and pulls it to the edge of the lapel of the jacket, approximately to the level of the loop (the jacket, of course, must be unbuttoned).

Holding the pacifier in his hand (Fig. 4), the artist turns to face the audience. Now he can push the handkerchief into his left hand, clenched into a fist, until it is completely hidden in the nipple (thanks to the ring, the opening of the nipple will be open and will not wrinkle when the handkerchief is pushed into it).

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Then the magician loosens his fist, and the nipple, together with the handkerchief, thanks to the elastic band, will quietly go under the jacket (Fig. 5).

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Now the artist can slowly open his palm, and the audience will naturally see that it is empty. Then the performer only has to pull out the second handkerchief from behind the collar and finish the demonstration of the trick.

Author: Akopyan A.A.

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