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On the stage there is a table with a jug filled with water, and a chair, on the back of which hangs a sheet of paper (Fig. 211, A). The magician pours water from a jug into a glass and pushes it out. Putting the glass on the table, he takes a sheet of paper from the chair and rolls a pound (bag) out of it; takes a jug and pours water from it into a pound (Fig. 211, B). To prove that the water is in the bag, he pours some of the water back into the jug. Then he again pours water into the bag. Putting the vessel on the table, the performer asks the assistant to light a match. Taking it, he brings it to the edge of the pound and lights the paper. Funtik burns to the end in the hands of an illusionist.

Focus Burning water
Fig. 211

“You see,” he says, “in the hands of a magician, even water can burn! (Fig. 211,B).

Props:

Little table.

Chair with full back.

Water pitcher and glass.

A sheet of thick paper for making a funky.

The secret device for the pounder.

Focus secret:

The secret of the trick lies in the device shown in fig. 212, A. This is a small pound, containing 200-300 g of water and glued from celluloid. It has an eye to which a thin, strong fishing line 25 or 30 cm long is tied, depending on the length of the celluloid pounder and the length of the opaque back of the chair. The other end of the fishing line is tied to a small metal hook, which can easily fit into an iron bracket designed in such a way that it can be screwed behind the back of the chair with two screws (Fig. 212, A).

An empty celluloid pound is hung on a hook behind the back of the chair (Fig. 212, B).

Focus Burning water
Fig. 212

The conjurer, having rolled up a pound from paper and showing it to the audience, comes up to the table, takes a jug of water and lowers his right hand with the pound for one moment behind the back of the chair. At this moment, a celluloid is tucked into a paper bag so that it goes inside the paper bag. This movement is so simple and fast that the audience will not be able to suspect anything, especially since they see the same paper pound in their hands.

If this trick is well rehearsed, then the performer can also quietly remove the hook with the fishing line tied to it from the bracket, so that later he can calmly pour water from the jug into a paper jug (as it seems to the audience), but in fact into a celluloid pound inserted into it. At the same time, you need to make sure that the spectators do not see the hooks and fishing line. The magician may not remove the hook from the bracket, but hold the funky over the back of the chair and pour water into it. When the water is poured, the performer pours it several times, then puts the jug on the table. Carrying the pound from behind the chair, he manages to hang the hook on the bracket, and lowering his hand down, remove the celluloid bag from the paper one. With practice, you will be able to achieve an impeccable performance of this number.

Having done all this, the magician sets fire to the pound with a match given to him and holds it in his hands as if there were water in it. When the paper burns to the end, the illusionist says his final words.

Author: Vadimov A.A.

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