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The Arabian Nights By Andrew Lang - Illustrated

Andrew Lang

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The Moth

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The Moth

It was a thick book that he read eagerly, discovering that most of the tricks weren't very good. However, there was one trick that caught his attention.

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Someone lent me a book, a thick book, a thousand and one easy-guarded tricks. I read it eagerly cover to cover to find out that out of a thousand and one, a thousand of those tricks were not good.

— Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: The Hot Seat

Episode: The Moth Radio Hour: The Hot Seat

It was a thick book that he read eagerly, discovering that most of the tricks weren't very good. However, there was one trick that caught his attention.

"

Someone lent me a book, a thick book, a thousand and one easy-guarded tricks. I read it eagerly cover to cover to find out that out of a thousand and one, a thousand of those tricks were not good.

Most relied on convoluted mathematical principles that involved dealing playing cards in multiple piles, adding numbers, subtracting numbers.

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