Wednesday, August 24, 2011

The Chinese Lantern Trick

Hello! I'm back! Sorry about not posting for a while, The golden bear company (where I work) had a task I had to do in northern Russia and I was away.

Anyway, along the way I got to watch this amazing magic show, and that is what I'm going to write about in this post. So here it is:


The stage curtain parted and this bear dressed in black stepped forward. Next to him was a box, shaped like a Chinese lantern with four screens on the four sides. On top of the lantern was a light on a stick. "This is the Chinese lantern trick." he announced. Two assistants came forward as Chinese music started. They took the light and spun the lantern in a complete circle, waving the light around, showing that there was nothing behind, or on the sides of the lantern. Then they showed the inside of the lantern, waving the light around and lighting up the insides with the light. They attached the stick, with the light, on the inside center of the lantern. The magician sat down, closed his eyes, and started waving his hands around. Magically, A shadow appeared in the lantern, shown on the front screen. Somehow, the magician's movements matched the shadow's movements! Finally, the magician stretched his arms out, like poking through a sheet, and at that time, smoke began to rise in front of the lantern and an paw broke the center of the front screen, a real one! And then more of the bear emerged from the lantern! Everybody clapped, including me. It was a very incredible show.

THE END


And that's that story! Bye!

Thursday, August 4, 2011