MARK BECOMES A MAGICIAN | Free Children Book

"Mark Becomes A Magician" is an entertaining story of a young boy who, while at a magic show, gets selected to learn and perform a magic card trick. To his surprise, the trick worked, and he even shares the trick with the reader.

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Mark was really excited. Today was his 7th birthday, and he was going to see Magneto the Magician at the Performing Arts Centre. “Imagine,” he said to himself. “I am actually going to see Magneto do his magic in person. Then he shouted, “Come on, Mom, let's go, Dad!  The show began on time, and when Magneto entered the stage, the crowd gave him a standing ovation. Oh, it was a great show! Magneto sawed a pretty lady in half, then he made a person disappear, flowers grew from a paper bag, and he even made it snow in the auditorium. Magneto was truly a great magician, and Mark was having the best day of his life. 

“My dear friends,” Magneto said. “We are at the part of the show where there is a short intermission. But before you leave, I want to do one more thing.”

" You see, a short time ago, while I was performing in a land far away, another magician gave me a magic feather. He told me that the feather had the power to select a special peson- one who has mystical powers, one who is a magician."

Now, for the first time, I am going to have the magic feather select that special person. Please do not jump up and try to grab the magic feather. Just let it select that magical person on its own.” 

Then Magneto held a large white feather in front of his face, took a noisy and very deep breath, and then blew on the feather. What happened next was remarkable. 

Everyone thought the feather would gently float to someone up front, but it didn't. Instead, it zoomed to the back of the auditorium. It dipped, dodged people’s heads, slowed, and seemed to look at and examine different people. Then it rose to the ceiling, did several flips, and gently landed in Mark’s lap.

Magneto took Mark backstage and explained the magic trick to him. They practiced for some time, and Mark had the trick down pat. “Are you ready, Mark?” “You bet I am,” he replied. They both waited for the curtain to rise.

The curtain rose, and Magneto introduced Mark the Magnificent to the audience. Then, he stepped back and turned the show over to Mark.

As Mark began, the cameras zoomed in on him and the table, and then his actions instantly appeared on giant TV screens all around the auditorium. Everyone could see everything.

“I need an assistant from the audience,” Mark said. He wanted to pick his sister, but Magneto told him not to pick anyone he knew. “The lady in the green dress, would you please come to the stage?” Mark said it confidently. “Oh darn, I thought he would have picked me,” Mary said to her Mom as the lady walked to the stage. 

“Please take this deck of cards and remove the King, Queen, Jack, and Ace of each suit. They are the only cards we will need,” Mark instructed. The lady did as Mark said. 

Mark then took the 16 cards and, on the table, made 4 stacks, face up, for all to see. Each stack contained all the same cards: One stack for the Kings, one for the Queens, one for the Jacks, and one for the Aces. 

“Please examine the cards and ensure they are the same ones you gave me,” Mark instructed. The lady looked and said, “They look the same to me- Four neat stacks, each containing the same type of card.” 

“Remember these stacks, for they are the start of the journey," Mark said to the lady and the audience.

Mark began talking. “Once there were four sons of a great ruler who all wanted a kingdom of their own. The great ruler considered their request and granted them their wish.

"You shall become the King of Hearts and rule the North,” Mark said, placing the King of Hearts face up at the top of the table. “You shall have a beautiful wife,” he continued, as he placed the Queen of Hearts, face up, on top of the King.

“Your son will be a great hunter,” he added, placing the Jack of Hearts, face up, on top of the Queen. 

“You will have a great army to protect your kingdom,” he concluded, placing the Ace of Hearts, face up, on top of the Jack. Then, Mark moved the cards down and asked the lady to ensure they were the King, Queen, Jack, and Ace of Hearts.

 The lady looked and confirmed to all that they were. Mark made a neat stack, ensuring he didn't change the order of the cards, and turned the stack face down on the table. “The Kingdom of the Hearts is now complete,” he said with authority.

Mark then told a similar story for the remaining three suits (Spades, Diamonds, and Clubs).He was very careful to ensure he placed the cards in the same manner (King, Queen, Jack, and Ace) and turned the stacks face down when each was complete.

“Each kingdom wanted more. This kingdom overpowered this one!” Mark shouted. Simultaneously, he took one stack of cards and placed them face down on top of another stack. “Now there are three,” he said.

“The other two kingdoms joined forces,” Mark said excitedly. Simultaneously, he placed one of the remaining stacks of four cards on top of the other, ensuring the stacks were face down.

“Over time, these two great Kingdoms merged and became a single nation,” he said as he placed one stack of eight cards face down on top of the other.

“But over time, something happened. Things changed! Things got all mixed up!” he said to the audience.

Then he asked the lady to cut the cards, pick some part of the card pile, place them face down, and then put the remaining cards face down on top of that stack.

“Oh, there are still more changes taking place,” Mark said, and he asked the lady to once again cut the cards in the same manner. Pick some part of the stack, place it face down on the table, and then put the remaining cards face down on top of that stack. 

Mark asked the audience, “Do you want the cards cut one more time?” They all yelled, “Yes!”

He asked the lady to cut the deck for the third and final time.

Mark looked at the audience, and Magneto came to the table, smiling.

Mark then said to the audience, as he was waving his hands over the deck. “Sometimes magic is required to restore order and bring things together.” 

He then picked up the deck of cards and allowed Magneto to say some magical words. Mark then took the top card and placed it face down on the table to begin a stack. He took the second card and placed it face down to start a second stack, repeating the process for the next two cards to start four stacks.

Next, Mark took the top card in the deck and placed it on the first stack. The next card went on the second stack, the third on the third, and the fourth on the fourth. He then repeated this sequence for the remaining cards.

The audience could clearly see the four stacks of cards face down on the table.

Mark again waved his hands over the cards and spoke to the audience. “The great nation has come full circle. Everything now is as it was in the beginning.”

He asked the lady to turn over the first stack of cards. The camera zoomed in, and all the cards were Aces. He asked her to do the same for the other stacks, and amazingly, each stack had the same type of cards: Aces, King, Queens, and Jacks.

The audience cheered, Magneto bowed to the new magician, Mark the Magnificent, and the lady left the stage wondering how he did it.

Mark truly had the best BIRTHDAY ever.

To try the magic yourself, follow what Mark did in the story.

Not everything is as it seems.

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