It's Magic

it's magic! A prestidigitator I know graciously agreed to show me how to make quarters vanish for small children in costume on Halloween night. After insufficient practice the night came for me to offer the choice, "trick, or treat". Few came by to engage in the uh..."hallowed" American tradition but that is another trick. When asked "Do you want the trick, or do you want the treat?", everyone, said "treat!", much to my dismay. The final costumed charges came up, a probable four-year-old girl and her younger brother in tow, mother at the driveway. I asked her the question, expecting the previous answer in return, but to my keen expectation, she answered "trick!" I proceeded to pull out a quarter and do a slight bit of slight-of-hand, somewhat clumsily, but when I opened my hand to drop the vanished coin into hers, she looked at her empty hand for a few perplexed seconds, then began to giggle uncontrollably - now that, indeed, is magic to me. © Goode Guy 2012-11-01 she got the "magic" coin and a big candy bar.