The SECRET of your magic box is the piece of wood in the drawer. Tell nobody about this. When you hold one end of the string in your right hand, place the toe of your shoe on the floor over the other end and keep the string taut. Then, loosen your hold slightly, and carefully bring the box upon the string up as far as your hand. When you loosen the hold upon the string to make it less tight, you will notice that the box slides rapidly down the string; when you hold the string absolutely taut, the box remains firmly in one place. By practising, you will find just how much to loosen your hold on the string in order to make the box do as you wish. Anyone who sees the box performing so wonderfully will not readily guess the secret of its magic. Here the second box, that is a duplicate of the first, comes into the play. Arrange this second box as if it were the trick box—except for the stick through the drawer. When your friends ask to examine the magic box, give them the second one. Keep both in your pocket. In putting the trick box into your pocket, slide its drawer a little, so that you can easily distinguish between the two boxes by feeling of them. When you give the duplicate, nobody will suspect that it is not the real box, if you manage cleverly. “Wonderful! Wonderful!” they say. “What a MAGIC BOX you have!” I made a magic trick box! Oh, you may make one, too, But do not tell the secret That I am telling you! The little box will mind you, Do everything you say! It is a magic trick box— A treasury of play. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: WINDOWS] =Diagram One.= Cut the cardboard sides of your box as the heavy black lines indicate. Fold outward upon the dotted lines. _A._ A plain window without blinds or awning. Cut the cardboard out on all four sides. _B._ Window with blinds. Cut the top line, the center line, and the base. Fold outward on the dotted lines. _C._ Window with awning. Cut side lines and base. Bend cardboard outward and upward to make the awning over the window. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: DOORS] =Diagram Two.= Cut the cardboard of your box sides as the heavy black lines indicate. Fold outward where there are dotted lines. _A._ Single door. Cut at top and side (if need be, at the base also). Fold the cardboard outward to make a door. _B._ Double door. Cut the square at top and down its center. (If need be, cut the base of the square also.) Fold both sections outward. _C._ Door with window in it. Cut out a square from the single door. Cut the door at top and side. Fold it outward. ------------------------------------------------------------------------