http://www.bocktriplets.org/articles/2009/01/05/sleight-of-hand en-us 40 Outnumbered on Day One <p>Anyone who knows me knows that from time to time, I dabble with small card tricks and other magic. Yesterday, Christopher learned this the hard way.</p> <p>He came up to me carrying a little plastic duck. I snatched it from his hand, and while I had his attention, I showed it to him, rubbed my hands together, and <a href="http://www.5min.com/Video/Penn-and-Teller-Explain-Sleight-of-Hand-5311492">palmed the duck</a> so that it seemed to disappear.</p> <p>He looked at me, surprised, and started turning my hands over. Before he could get to the hand I had it hidden in, I rubbed them together and made it appear again.</p> <p>He was amazed.</p> <p>The whole time Daniel is sitting in my lap laughing, because he could see exactly what was going on. So I made it disappear again, this time ditching it while he was inspecting my first hand. He couldn&#8217;t find it anywhere.</p> <p>What I find so amazing is that just a few months ago, this little mind had things coming and going in front of him without any concern. Now he has an expectation of the way the Universe works, and is visibly amazed when something unexpected happens. Every day there are new lights on in there&#8230; This is so much fun.</p> Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:24:00 -0500 urn:uuid:a94246f3-9420-4144-baf0-f3a6abe1f4b6 David Bock http://www.bocktriplets.org/articles/2009/01/05/sleight-of-hand