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The artist asks one of the spectators to lend him a banknote in denominations of 1 or 3 rubles for a short time. Before taking the money, the performer asks the owner to write down the bill number and year of issue so that there are no misunderstandings.

The magician then takes this banknote, folds it in half three times and rolls it into a flat tube. Put an elastic band on the tube so that it does not unfold (Fig. 40, A). Holding the tube with one hand, the other takes a handkerchief from his pocket. He places money rolled into a tube in the middle of it, twists the middle of the handkerchief together with a banknote with a flagellum, and asks one of the spectators to hold it (Fig. 40, B).

Focus Beneficial Potato
Fig. 40

While the spectator is holding a handkerchief, the performer approaches the illusion table and takes the potato lying there. Having shown it to the public, he approaches the viewer holding a handkerchief and asks to feel if there is a tube in the handkerchief. The viewer confidently feels it through the handkerchief. Then the magician, holding the corner of the handkerchief, asks the spectator assistant to let him go. Waving the handkerchief, which did not contain any money, the performer puts it in his pocket. And from there he takes out a penknife and cuts the potato in half, which he was still holding in his hands (Fig. 40, B). Having removed the top half of the potato, the artist invites the assistant to take the bottom, from which sticks out a tube that has disappeared from the handkerchief (Fig. 40, D).

The assistant removes it from the potato, unrolls it, shows it to the audience and reads the number and year of issue of the banknote, which matches the viewer's entry.

The performer thanks the assistant and returns the money to the owner.

Focus secret:

A potato, a colored handkerchief measuring 30x30 cm and a penknife are all the necessary props for this trick.

Its secret lies in a potato and a handkerchief. A piece of paper is sewn into one of the corners of the handkerchief, folded into a flat tube of 3-3,5 cm (the length of this tube should correspond to a 1- or 3-ruble bill folded in the same way, Fig. 40, E).

Having taken money from one of the spectators, the performer rolls it into a flat tube and puts an elastic band on it so that the tube does not unfold. Then, taking out a handkerchief, instead of a real banknote, he twists a paper tube in it, sewn into the corner of the handkerchief, and gives it to the invited spectator to hold. The real banknote remains in the magician's hand (Fig. 40, E). Holding it, he goes to his table, where there is a pre-cooked potato with a secret.

This potato should not be round, but ellipsoidal and, of course, cleanly washed. At one of its ends, approximately three-quarters of the way deep, a hole must be drilled into which a tube rolled up from a 1- or 3-ruble piece of paper can freely fit (Fig. 40, G). The potato prepared in this way must be placed on the table, in a cylinder or box before the performance, so that the audience does not notice the hole made in it.

When the performer takes the potato, he must quietly insert the banknote that he had in his hand inside it. Holding the potato with two fingers so that its hole is covered with his thumb, the artist takes the tip of the handkerchief, which the assistant releases from his hands at his request, and waves it several times.

The money tube disappeared without a trace. The magician puts the handkerchief in his pocket and takes out a pocket knife, cuts the potato, removes a banknote from it and returns it to the spectator.

Author: Akopyan A.A.

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