String Games - Arvind Gupta (1.1 Mb Pdf)

HAND TRAP
First you perform this trick and then ask your friends to repeat
They will have a real problem if they have not seen you perform very carefully.
1. In front of a
friend place a loop
of string over your
left hand. Put
your right hand
(downwards)
inside the loop and
swing it around
and up.
2. Put right hand
into the back of
the loop.
3. Pull your
hands apart.
4. The string
will be freed
from your
right hand.
5. Now give the
loop of string to a
friend and ask if he
can repeat the
trick. Your friend
will probably
mistake the
direction of the
swing and go
around the loop in
the wrong
direction.
6. And his
hand will be
caught in a
trap!