2. PRODUCTION OF FOUR BALLS, USING THE SHELL
Preparation. Prepare by placing a ball in each of your lower vest pockets.
Method. To begin, you show a ball and a shell in the right hand. Squeeze the shell on the ball tightly; toss and catch them as one ball. Take the ball between the right thumb and forefinger at the junction of the ball and shell, the latter being nearest to the spectators. Turn the right hand to show the inside of the hand and take the opportunity to loosen the shell. Turn the hand over and pull the ball out of the shell sharply with the second finger, thus showing apparently two balls. Turn the hand again to show the other side, reversing the shell with the third finger, as already explained in the billiard-ball section of this chapter (see page 99).
Turn the hand, again bringing its back to the spectators, repeating the move with the shell and third finger. Make a pretense of taking the upper ball with the left hand, really returning it to the shell with the second finger of the right hand under cover of the left. Remove this hand puffed out and pretend to snap the ball up your left sleeve. Show the hand empty and bring out the ball from your left vest pocket; this ball will appear to the audience to be the one which just passed up your sleeve.
Turn your left side to the front and place this ball between the right second and third fingers, keeping the second finger alongside the first finger. Reverse the right hand to show the palm; then turn it again and rapidly pull the ball from the shell into the space between the first and second fingers, thus showing, apparently, three solid balls.
In the same way as before, pretend to take the ball from between the first and second fingers with the left hand, in reality pulling it back into the shell. Remove the left hand puffed out, and this time make a pretense of throwing the ball into the right sleeve. Show all parts of both hands, squeeze the shell onto its ball, and toss the balls from hand to hand. Replace the balls in the right hand in the same positions as before and, while the left hand takes the ball from the right vest pocket, loosen the ball from the shell. Place this third ball between the third and fourth fingers, show the inside of the right hand, turn it over, and once more pull the ball from the shell to its former position.
You thus show four balls in the right hand; in reality, of course, three balls and a shell.
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