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The performer declares that he can transfer his art to any of the spectators who wish to follow him or together with him to show the trick. The assistant brings out a table on which there is a tray with a jug full of water and two small cups turned upside down. A person who wants to do the trick with the illusionist comes out of the auditorium. The magician gives one glass, and the second takes for himself. The assistant fills both cups with water to the top and gives each a small piece of paper.

The performer invites the viewer to repeat all the movements that he will do. Here the magician covers a glass of water with paper and recommends pressing it harder and more tightly to the vessel; the spectator follows all his advice. The magician turns the glass upside down, and the water does not spill out of it. "Try and you do it!" he says. The viewer turns the glass upside down: "Done?" - says the magician. - "That's not all. So everyone can do it. Let's continue further! See?" - with these words, he slowly removes a piece of paper from the glass (Fig. 107). The viewer also takes off the paper, but it turns out to be embarrassing: water from the glass is poured onto the floor.

Focus Moody Water
Fig. 107

“Nothing,” the performer consoles, “failures can be in any business, and even more so in illusions. Do not despair! Come home, repeat the trick two hundred to three hundred times, and learn how to perform it well!” Then the magician, turning the glass upside down, pours water from it into a jug and gives the glass to the audience for inspection.

Props:

A tray with a pitcher and two glasses.

The secret device for the glass.

Focus secret:

To prevent water from spilling out of an inverted glass, it is enough to firmly press a piece of paper to its edges. At the same time, there should be no air bubbles inside the glass of water. If this happens, you will have to fill the glass with water again "top". To prevent water from spilling out even after the paper is removed from the glass, it is necessary to make a circle of transparent plexiglass or celluloid 2 mm thick and with a diameter equal to the outer edges of the glass. Carefully work the edges of the vessel on a sheet of fine emery cloth. The edges of the circle should be removed 1 mm in thickness and 1-2 mm in width. The strip formed around the circle is also processed on an emery cloth.

On fig. 108, B shows a circle from above, and in fig. 108, B - on the side. Now, if we attach a circle to a glass filled to the brim with water and squeeze out excess water, then the circle will enter the vessel so firmly that it cannot fall off, and the resulting rim will not allow the circle to slide. There is nothing to fear that when the glass is turned over, water will pour out of it.

Focus Moody Water
Fig. 108

It is clear that putting the mug on the glass must be done by the magician imperceptibly to everyone, and especially to the spectator who has stepped onto the stage.

A circle is put on under the cover of the palm; it should be driven from the side along the edges of the glass. When the vessel is completely covered, then at this moment they lightly press on the circle, which with its edge will tightly enter the glass, displacing excess water from it. The paper must be moistened with water before being applied to the glass. The viewer will accurately reproduce all your movements, so remove the paper from the glass, moving it away from you at arm's length, otherwise your volunteer assistant will pour all the water on himself. To prevent this from happening, the assistant needs to follow the viewer and at the right time suggest what to do.

In the finale, the illusionist, turning his glass upside down, imperceptibly, also under the cover of his palm, removes the circle from it and, hiding it, pours water from the glass into a jug.

Author: Vadimov A.A.

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