Midge, Booker-T
and Gabby went to Jake's house. Gabby landed on Jake's head.
"Hey
Jake!" called Midge. "Wake up!"
"Hey you
guys," said Jake. "What are you doing?"
"We are
going to see the magic show at the park," said Midge.
"What
magic show?" asked Jake.
"There
is going to be a party at the park and a magician is going to be
there at the party to do tricks," said Gabby.
"Come on
Jake," said Booker-T. "Lets go so we can see the magic. I
like magic."
"Okay,"
said Jake. "I like magic tricks too. My owner watched one of
those magic guys on TV one night. He was really good doing the
tricks. I wonder how they do it."
The three
hurried through the gate with Gabby following above. They ran along
the sidewalk and stopped at the corner to look for cars before
quickly running across the street into the park.
"Where
are they having the magic show?' asked Midge.
"I think
it is in the picnic area near the pond," said Gabby. "They
built a stage over there for bands, and magic shows and other
things."
They hurried
across the park and when they were close to the pond, they saw many
people sitting at picnic tables and some sitting on blankets that
were spread on the ground. They walked closer so they could see the
man dressed in a black suit with a blue shirt on the stage. In one
hand he held a black hat and a black shiny stick in the other. Near the man
stood two little boys.
"Do you
like bunnies? asked the man.
The two boys
nodded their heads.
"Can you
say, Yes?" laughed the man. "The audience can't hear your
head rattle."
The people
laughed and clapped.
"Yes,"
said the two boys.
The man
showed the boys the hat and let them look inside. "Do you see
any bunnies inside the hat?" asked the magician.
"No,"
said one of the boys.
"The man
waved the shiny black stick over the top of the hat. "Come to me
little fuzzy bunny," said the magician. "Now look inside."
The boy's
looked inside and one boy got excited. "It's a white bunny!"
said the young boy.
The man
waved the black shiny stick over the hat again and out came another
white bunny.
"Wow!"
said Midge. "How did he do that?"
"I don't
know," said Jake. "Maybe that is a magic hat."
"You know
Santa carries a magic bag that is big and red," said Booker-T.
"Maybe his hat is like Santa's bag. Whatever he wants comes
out."
"Do you
think he is Santa pretending to be a Magician," suggested Midge.
"I don't
think so," said Jake. "I think Santa and the magic man are
two different people. Santa is bigger than that man is."
"Hey
Jake, look!" exclaimed Booker-T. "All those birds came out
of his hat. How did he get all those birds in there?"
Gabby flew
over the man and landed on his head. The humans who were watching
started laughing. Gabby jumped off his head and landed on the man's
hand and looked inside the hat.
"Hey
Jake!" called Gabby as he flew into the air. "There isn't
anything in the hat."
"Where
did all the birds come from?" asked Midge.
"I don't
know," said Jake. "They suddenly appeared. I think it is
magic. That's why they call him a magic man."
"I like
horses," said Midge. "Do you think he can make a horse come
out of the hat?"
"I think
a horse is too big for the hat Midge," laughed Jake.
"I saw a
magic man on TV make an elephant disappear," said Booker-T.
"What is
he going to do with that newspaper?" asked Midge.
"I don't
know," said Jake. "Watch and see."
The man
rolled up the newspaper to look like a funnel and poured a pitcher of
water into it. Nothing came out of the bottom of the funnel.
"Where
did the water go?" asked Booker-T.
"Maybe it
soaked up into the paper," suggested Jake.
"The
paper don't look wet," said Midge.
The man then
unrolled the paper and the water was gone. People in the audience
said "Wow."
"The
water is all gone, Jake," said Booker-T.
"Must be
magic," said Midge.
They all
laughed at Midge's response to the disappearing water.
"I like
magic," laughed Midge.
The man
began to play a little flute. on the table in front of him sat a
brown basket.
"What
is he doing now?" asked Booker-T.
"I saw
this one on TV," said Jake. "Watch him. It is really
cool."
After about
five minutes of playing the flute, the lid to the basket began to
move. Slowly it started to rise up from the basket.
"Look
Jake!" said Midge. "The basket lid is moving."
In a few
minutes, a brown rope started to rise up out of the basket. The man
played the flute some more and the rope began moving higher up like a
snake coming out of the basket.
The crowd of
people began clapping.
"He is
good," smiled Gabby. "I like the birds that came out of
the hat. They were pretty white doves."
"I like
his tricks," said Midge.
"Me
too," said Jake. "But I think that was the end of his show."
"Do you want to go ride the train before we go home?" asked Booker-T
They all agreed and ran to the train station near the picnic area so they could get on the park train.
