I did not know I was the "stooge" being set up when Lilly sat next to me, mouth tightly shut, eyes innocent. Opal, the Penn of the WDA Penn and Teller duo, prompted, "Ask Lilly what she's got in her mouth, momma." I asked and Lilly turned her head away saying nothing.
I looked over my shoulder at Opal. "Look, momma, you can see a little corner of white in her mouth. Don't you wonder what it could be?"
Actually, I didn't I was pretty sure it was a tissue but I played along. "See if you can give it a tug and pull it out," Opal directed. Lilly was not giving the trick away easily and wrestled a bit until I had her by the jaw and eased out the fiber sheet. "Oh look!" I said feigning surprise. "A kleenex!"
"Oh but you are not done yet," Opal insisted. "Look again." There was another tiny corner peeking out of the same spot between Lilly's teeth. I pulled out a second wetter wad but this time I pressed her mouth to get her to open wider.
"You are ruining the trick," Opal cried as I pulled out a total of four tissues from between Lilly's lips. "Do I have them all?" I asked trying to fish my finger around in the drool and darkness.
Opal counted and sort of shrugged. "Ta-DA! Well, really originally there were FIVE tissues that went into Lilly's mouth when we were getting ready to do this trick..." she stopped when Lilly darkly looked he way. "Well, a magician never gives away trade secrets. We are off to conjure more amazing magic."
LOL!
ReplyDeleteWow, what an amazing feat of magic, Lilly!
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