trick 12

----------- Trick#12 The Three Thieves Someone at school actually showed me this trick and I must admit it was very impressive and yet so simple. You take a normal deck of playing cards and you take out three of the Jacks, making sure you rig the cards by placing the fourth Jack at the bottom of the pile. Place the deck of cards on a table and tell your audience that the deck represents a house Then flash the three Jacks before the audience's eyes very quickly, and tell them : "Three Jacks - they are the three thieves." "The first thief enters the house from the roof" and out one of the Jacks on top of the deck. "The second thief enters the house from the ground floor" and shove the second Jack somewhere into the middle of the deck. "The third thief enters from the basement" and place the last Jack under the bottom of the deck. Tell the audience that he is the policeman and that it is his job to apprehend all three thieves together. Tell him to cut the deck, placing the bottom half on top of the first half. Then tell him to take the deck, fan it out, and lo and behold, the three Jacks are found all in a row... ---------