Magic Tricks

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.