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| - The illusion begins with the magician presenting a low table, on which sits a low box that is slightly shorter than the table, leaving a section of the table uncovered at each end. The box has one arched opening in one end, two in the opposite end, and a removable section around one Foot (30cms) wide in the center. Removing the box, the magician shows that the top of the table is solid and only around an inch thick. The principal assistant then enters and, having removed their shoes, sits on the edge of the table. Turning, they recline and lay down on the table with their head at one end and their bare feet at the other. The magician then places the box over them, with their head projecting from the arched opening in one end, and their feet from the twin openings in the other end. With the
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| - The illusion begins with the magician presenting a low table, on which sits a low box that is slightly shorter than the table, leaving a section of the table uncovered at each end. The box has one arched opening in one end, two in the opposite end, and a removable section around one Foot (30cms) wide in the center. Removing the box, the magician shows that the top of the table is solid and only around an inch thick. The principal assistant then enters and, having removed their shoes, sits on the edge of the table. Turning, they recline and lay down on the table with their head at one end and their bare feet at the other. The magician then places the box over them, with their head projecting from the arched opening in one end, and their feet from the twin openings in the other end. With the assistant covered by the box, the magician takes a narrow metal plate and slides it into a horizontal slot in the lower edge of the box, at the base of the removable center section, so that it passes below the assistant, between their back and the top of the table. The magician then opens small doors on the side of each of the three sections of the box to show the assistant within. Having shown the assistant within the box, the magician then closes the side doors again. Taking a small handsaw, they then begin to saw down through the slots between the sections of the box, dividing it, and the assistant within, into three. Having sawn through the box, the magician then inserts pairs of blades into the slots between the box sections, completing the division of the assistant. The magician then reopens the side doors to show that the assistant is still within the box. Taking hold of a handle attached to the top of the center section of the box, he lifts it up, removing it from between the other two parts. As the assistant's head and feet have been in full view of the audience at all times, this clearly shows that the assistant has indeed been divided into three. Having shown the assistant in three pieces, the magician inserts the center section back into the middle of the box. He then removes the divider blades from between the sections, and then the metal plate from the base of the removable section. The box is then lifted off the table, showing the assistant safely back in one piece. The assistant then sits up, turns to swing their legs down, and climbs down off the table to take their bow with the magician.
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