Meanwhile, in another part of the circus, James and Mary were visiting the gift shop. Suddenly, James felt like he had to use the washroom.
"Hey, Mary, I'm going to the washroom for a while, okay?" asked James.
"Certainly, if you have to go, then you have to go," she replied.
"Be back in a jiffy!"
However, much to James's disappointment, he could find the rest room. Instead, he found a big Prussian blue tent. He noticed that nobody was there.
"Might as well try to find a restroom here," he thought to himself.
He then took a small stroll and walked inside the tent. He looked around and saw many old posters and newspaper clippings about a magician's acts. Then, in the middle of the tent, he saw a round table covered with a Prussian blue cloth. He immediately noticed that a crystal ball was on the table. He felt curious and sat down on one of the three chairs placed around the table.
"Oh, crystal ball," he called out, "Where is the restroom?"
To his surprise, the crystal ball replied him, but not in the way he wanted. Small white words appeared on the crystal ball. It said,
"The place you must go
Is a place that is always locked
Just find the black object
And put it where it belongs."
He thought for a while about the poem and noticed that there was a black top hat on the table too. He then took it and put it where he thought it belonged - on his head. Unfortunately, he didn't notice a black key on the table that was the key to the toilet.
Suddenly, he had a feeling that something bad was going to happen. The crystal ball reacted to this, saying,
"You are over now,
For it has just begun.
Embrace your new life
'Cause you just rolled your dice."
He looked around himself in fear and noticed that his green hoodie had turned into a black coat. His blue sport shoes had also turned into a pair of polished black leather shoes. He noticed that he was wearing white gloves. He freaked out and tried to remove the gloves and his shoes but it didn't work.
All of a sudden, a cloud of white mist appeared in front of him. He saw a silouhette of a man wearing a top hat.
"Who are you?" he asked, feeling that it became harder to think clearly.
"Who am I? The real question is 'Who are you?'" a voice replied. "Just shut up now and look at the clock," he said as he showed James his pocket watch.
"Look at it," he said while oscillating his pocket watch left and right constantly. James tried very hard to look away but he found that he couldn't.
"Concentrate on it. Yes, you're getting sleepy."
Soon, James fell fast asleep.
"Now, you will become a magician forever, and nothing can change that. However, your former name and memories will remain, even though slightly altered. When I snap my fingers, you will wake up and the curse will have it's effect."
"Snap!" the man snapped his fingers. Suddenly, James woke up and the man disappeared along with the cloud of white mist.
"What? What just happened to me?" asked James to himself. "Never mind, then. I still have to practice my magic trick."
"James, oh, James, where are you?" he could hear Mary shouting.
"I'm here," said James, running out of the tent to see Mary.
"What are you doing here?" asked Mary. "Did you find the toilet?"
"Well, yes, I did," said James. "And look what else I found! I'm a magician now! Would you like to see a performance?"
"Yes, please," replied Mary.
"Okay, then please take a seat," James instructed while pointing at the chairs around the table.
"I'm going to show you the class trick of the bunny in the hat! But first, I need a volunteer."
"Me! Pick me!" exclaimed Mary enthusiastically while raising her hand.
"Okay, Mary, come here," said James. "Now give a big round of applause to Mary!"
"Clap... Clap... Clap..." Mary could hear even though there was no one around. It was disturbing to her.
"Listen, Mary. The trick is simple. I, the great Jamini, will put you into my hat and take you out," explained James.
"Okay," said Mary. "Let's start."
"First, wear this on your head," said James while handing over a hair band in the shape of bunny ears.
"Okay. Now what?"
"Now, you will enter my hat."
So, James put his hat over Mary's head and began to drag it down slowly. First, Mary's head went into the hat. Then, her chest followed, along with her abdomen. Soon, Mary's whole body went into the hat.
After a while, James thought that it was time to pull Mary out. "Time to pull Mary out of the hat!" he said, while pulling out Mary. First came her ears and head, her chest and body, then her legs. However, instead of wearing her black dress, she appeared wearing clothes that a bunny girl would wear.
"Hello, sweetie," Mary said to James. "What magic trick are we going to do today?"
"Lots of tricks, lots of them," said replied James.
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