Chapter 17 I am determined to grow up to be a magician too -

I was determined to grow up to be a magician too- I was determined to grow up to be a magician too. I had so much fun watching it in the theater last night.This magician Morgan is amazing!He got really good at doing magic tricks.Throughout the performance, I didn't even bat an eyelid trying to discover the secrets of his magic tricks.A lot of the shows are just too hard, but I bet I can do some, like the scrambled-egg trick, swallowing a sword, and borrowing a watch from my lady, putting it in a mortar, and then hiding it stand up. Today, I practice it over and over again in my little room.When I think I can make a good magic trick, I will go to the living room to perform for everyone; my sister and the guests who come to my house to chat will have to pay two liras for the entrance fee.I'm going to make everyone jaw-dropping and make them respect me even more through acting.

To make the show a little more solid, today I did a little show in the courtyard for my little friends Rezzo Carluccio, Fro and Marinella. They are Madame Orka's children who live next door to mine.Madame Orka had written many books, and she was always too busy to think about anything else. The ticket price is one lira. "Ma'am, please lend me a watch. Can you lend me one?" I said. "I don't have one, but I can go back and see if I can get my mother's watch," Marinella said. She ran home and brought back a gold watch. I had brought a small mortar, which Caterina used to pound almonds and sugar for sweets.I threw Madame Orka's watch in there and pounded it slowly with the pestle like Morgan.The watch is very hard, except for the glass on the watch which is smashed immediately, other parts of the watch are not easy to smash.

"Attention, gentlemen!" I said. "As you can see, Ms. Marinella's watch is not what it used to be..." "Really!" said everyone. "But I'm going to make it the same!" I went on. In fact, I poured the fragments of the watch that Marinella had given me from the mortar into a handkerchief, wrapped it up, and promptly stuffed it into my pocket.Then, pretending to be okay, he naturally took out another small bag from his chest.This is my mother's watch that I prepared before the performance, wrapped in a handkerchief.I showed the watch out of my handkerchief to the audience, and I said:

"Look, gentlemen! The watch is back!" Everyone was very interested in my performance and applauded.Marinella also thought that what I gave her back was her mother's watch.In this way, I get the honor. Tonight, I'm going to put on a good show at home, and I'm sure it will be a success.Now I start preparing tickets. October 31