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The assistant takes out a light table and puts it on the right (when viewed from the audience) side of the proscenium. Then he brings and places a tray on this table, on which are a small box and a "magic" wand. Taking the box vertically, he flips back the lid and shows the audience that it is empty - for this he moves the end of the wand inside the box. After that, the assistant closes the lid, puts the box on a tray, and goes backstage, taking the wand with him.

The magician enters the stage. He stops in the middle of the proscenium facing the table, with his right side to the audience, with his left hand he takes out a white cube from the right inner pocket of his jacket and, passing it to his right hand, holds it with his fingertips on his outstretched hand. He does all this quite openly, without hiding from the audience.

The public can clearly see the cube and the large black dots on its faces, which are usually found on all dice. Then, holding the cube between the palms, the artist, as it were, begins to roll and crush it. The cube at this time is completely hidden from the public by the palms of the artist. After that, the presenter opens his palms, blows on them and the tips of his fingers, as if blowing off the remnants of the "evaporated" cube, turns to face the audience and shows them that his hands are empty. Following this, he goes to the table, takes the box, holding it vertically, opens the lid, and the audience sees that the cube is inside it.

Turning the box to the right and left so that everyone present can see the cube, the magician closes and puts the box back on the tray, moves back to its original place, facing the table, stretches his arms forward and, bringing his palms together, pretends that he is sculpting a cube out of air. . A few seconds pass - and the magician throws up a white cube with black dots on the edges. Then he catches him, facing the audience, holds the cube with the fingertips of his left hand raised up, claps his hands, and his assistant appears from behind the scenes with a "magic" wand; he approaches the table and, as at the beginning of the trick, shows the audience an empty box; then he puts the box and wand on a tray and takes it backstage. The magician with the cube descends into the hall, where he gives the audience an opportunity to inspect the cube.

Focus secret:

We will reveal the "secrets" with which the illusionist worked his "miracles". On fig. 31, And you see a box with a die inside it. If this box is turned over by 180° and also placed vertically on the end, then the cube will "disappear". You will understand why this happens if you carefully consider Figure 31, B. The fact is that the public took two white square (40x40 mm) pieces of cardboard a, connected at right angles with a wooden block b, as a cube. On the inside, this corner is completely pasted over with a black fabric (such as calico), which is 40 mm longer than our corner, which is clearly visible in the figure; with her help, the corner is glued to the bottom of the box.

Focus Airplane Cube
Fig. 31

When the box is turned over and placed on the opposite end, the corner, falling under its own weight, as shown by the arrow in the figure, turns to the audience with its inner black side, and since the box and its lid are pasted over with black paper inside, then, merging with them in color , the "cube" becomes invisible to spectators sitting at a distance. So the magician's assistant showed the "empty" box both times when he appeared on stage.

The cube, which the artist took out of his pocket, was equipped with a pulling mechanism - an elastic band, the opposite end of which was pinned to the lining of his jacket near the armpit. When the artist squeezed the cube between the palms of his outstretched hands, he stood sideways to the audience, so they could not see either the pulling mechanics or the moment when the rubber band pulled the cube from the magician's weakened palms under the lining of his jacket - so the cube "evaporated". This cube is best made from cardboard.

The illusionist showed that the cube "flew" into the box and, returning to its original place, on the way managed to get a white wooden cube from the sideboard-holder (Fig. 31, C), fixed to the right at the lower edge of the jacket from the lining side, with his right hand and palmed it in hand. One of the methods of palming is shown in Fig. 31, D. The cube lies on the middle and ring fingers, and the little finger and index finger squeeze the cube from the sides, holding it; It is not difficult to learn this manipulation. The cube is preferably made of wood, although it can be cardboard. Turning to the audience with his right side and stretching his arms forward, the magician brought his palms together and the cube was between them - so he "appeared" in the hands of the artist.

It remains for us to tell how the sideboard-holder for the cube is made (Fig. 31, B). Its bracket corresponds to the size of the cube and can be made from a metal spring or bent from thin plexiglass. The pin is soldered to the metal bracket, and attached to the plexiglass bracket through the holes in the base, using a soft wire or strong thread.

Author: Bedarev G.K.

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