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Inside the Magician’s Hat

Like any red-blooded six-year-old boy, Darnel Short wondered what it was like inside a magician’s hat. Unlike those other boys, however, he actually found out.

Before the magician Piarro’s act started, Darnel snuck behind the stage curtain and, while the man instructed his assistant, climbed inside his hat.

Darnel fell and landed softly in a radiant meadow full of wildflowers and thousands of rabbits hopping playfully around.

A hole appeared in the sky overhead. The Great Piarro’s arm reached through.

Darnel ran towards the grasping fingers. “Mom is going to be so surprised,” he thought gleefully.

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