In this trick 16 cards are placed face up on a table, in four rows of four cards. Ask a spectator to pick a card in his mind, and to tell you only the vertical column in which the card is located. Gather up the cards, making sure to pick the fourth vertical column first.
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Equipment: A book of 150-200 pages, paper, a pencil, lexicon (alphabet card), glue or adhesive.
Preparation: On the pice of paper write all the page number over one hundred and next to each number the first word of each page. Stick the paper on to the first card in the lexicon pack.
Performance: Hand the the book [...]