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This has got to be a quick “in-and-out!
action; ne fumbling. Your thunb is automati-
cally in position to grip the balloons when
you press the card against the tape - you're
Only’ reaching into your pocket for the ballons
as Far as the audience is concerned.
Keep 2 white balloon in your right hana
and place the other two inte your left hand.
Blow up the right-hand white Balloon and knot
ite" Place it under your ieft arm, Leave the
Unblown shite bailoom in your leet hand. ss you
Slow up the Black ealloon’(Fig.7). "Gone. te
aiknot this time, instead twist the neck sev=
Grail tises so the air doesn't escape, Place
the taisted neck between your right, third and
pinky fingers, pressing it against. the lower
bart’ of your pinky, and closing your pinky
Sver it to prevent air Leakage (Fi9.05+
Reach under your left arm and take the
inflated unite balloon between your Tight thumb
and First Finger (Fig-9)- Using only your leFt
Rand, inflate the remaining white balloon.
With the ald of your right hand, pretend to
koot it, really just twisting it closed as you
did with the black balloon. Place the neck oF
this balloon between your right second and
third fingers: the air 1s kept from escaping
in the Same way as with the olack gallon.
Display the three balloons (Fig. 10).
Tell
that he's
the spectator who selected the card
Under no outside influence and that
he has an absolutely free choice of any one of
the three balloons.” AS you say that, and as
a simple gesture, raise your left hand and grasp
the left side of your jacket as you did before.
Your left fingers go near the card that's stuck
to your shirt.
Unite you're asking the spectator to se-
lect a balloon, snd before ne can say anything,
relax your pinky (quickly straightening 1t)
allowing the black balloon to fly away (Fig. 11).
Look innocently at the spectator as you
remove your left hand From your jacket and
gesture with It, explaining that there is no
way you could possibly influence his choice.
tet your left hand be seen obvieusly empty,
but don't mention that fact.