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Learning Goals\n\n·Some things you see are not real.  \n● Robert-Houdin and Houdini were two famousmagicians.  \n·Houdini did many dangerous tricks.  \nCopyright o Pearson Education,Inc.,or its affiliates.All Rights Reserved.Printedin the United States of America.This publication is protected by copyright,and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibitedreproduction,storage in a retrieval system,or transmission in any form or by anymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or likewise.For informationregarding permissions,write to Pearson Curriculum Group Rights &Permissions,OneLake Street,Upper Saddle River,New Jersey 07458.  \nPearson,Scott Foresman,and Pearson Scott Foresman are trademarks,in the U.S.and/or other countries,of Pearson Education,Inc.,or its affiliates.  \nPEARSON  \n6            吧  \n# Two Master Magicians:Robert-Houdin and Houdini\n\nby Alicia Morton  \nPEARSON  \nGlenview,Illinois·Boston,Massachusetts·Chandler,ArizonaUpper Saddle River,New Jersey  \n# Wonder\n\nmagicians:persons who do tricks to entertain  \nJean-Eugène Robert-Houdin  \nHave you ever wondered how magicians dotheir tricks?That's how the famous magician,Harry Houdini,got his start.Like many children,Harry went to magic shows and was amazedto see people disappear in puffs of smoke.Hewanted to know how magic tricks were done.Hestudied books on magic tricks and practiced untilhe could do these tricks himself.  \nWhere did Houdini get his ideas?One ofthe books he read was by the magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin.Although Robert-Houdindied before Houdini was born,he became animportant person in Houdini's life.  \nHarry Houdini  \nRobert-Houdin was a French magician.Hewas known as“The Father of Modern Magic.”  \nHarry Houdini admired  \nRobert-Houdin so much thathe invented his own stagename by adding an i to theend of Houdin.  \nHarry Houdini's real namewas Ehrich Weisz.He wasborn in Hungary in 1874.Hecame to America when hewas young.  \nHow did Robert-Houdinand Houdini become suchmasters of tricks?Whatwere their shows,orperformances,like?Readon to learn more.  \nHoudini called himself  \n\"The Handcuff King\"becausehe could escape from anyhandcuffs put on him.  \n# Masters and Magic\n\nRobert-Houdin of France and Houdini inAmerica became master magicians in verydifferent ways.But one thing was the same—they both invented new ways to delight andsurprise people with their tricks.  \n# Robert-Houdin\n\nAlthough Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin lovedmagic as a child,he did not become a stagemagician until he was 40 years old.Robert-  \nHoudin first learned magic tricks as a young manbecause of a mistake.He was looking for a bookon clocks,but a careless bookseller gave him abook on tricks instead.  \nAfter reading the book,Robert-Houdin started  \npracticing the tricks he had readabout.He worked hard to trainhis hands to move very quickly.He did not want people todiscover how he did his tricks.  \nMagicians draw people's attentionto something besides the trick sothat the audience can't see how thetrick works.  \n# The Disappearing Person Trick\n\nHere is how Robert-Houdin performed oneof his most famous tricks.In“The DisappearingPerson\"trick,Robert-Houdin performed in frontof a large backdrop of black velvet.A smallerscreen,also of black velvet,was placed in frontof the large backdrop.The audience could nottell that the smaller screen was there.The trickworked like this:  \n● Robert-Houdin's assistant stood close to theedge of the smaller screen.  \n●When Robert-Houdin twirled his cape between  \nthe assistant andthe audience,theassistant quicklystepped behind thescreen.  \n● When the capedropped,theassistant haddisappeared!That is what theaudience thought.  \nbackdrop:a clothhung across the rearof the stage  \nL  \n# Houdini\n\nLike many immigrantchildren of the time,HarryHoudini had to quit school andbegin wo","cbCaio9G2e53alBR","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaio9G2e53alBR","pdf",2267453,12,"English","# Key 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