Packed by Eric Richardson

"There once was a [King] who was known the world over for his collection of the ten largest [diamonds] in the world."  KH: Perform a Charlier Cut at the crimp and then perform the Drop Flourish: with the deck in your left hand push the top card over to the right for about half an inch as you take the deck in the end grip with your right hand. The side-jogged condition of the card is hidden by the right hand. hand. Hold the deck about twelve inches inches above the left hand. Drop the deck into the open left hand. As you do, the air pressure will will cause the top card to flip over and land on top of the deck as the deck is caught in the left hand. Place the king face up onto the table. 10D: Perform a double turnover onto the deck to reveal the 10D. Keep a break under the double. (For ( For audience participation, hold the entire deck up to your face to “strike the pose.” This is the easiest way to handle the double). Turn the double face down onto the deck and table the top card (the 4D) on top of the KH.

"One day his faithful servant [Jack] discovered that the six largest diamonds had been stolen! [Jack], vowed with all his his heart to find the [evil villains] and return the six missing diamonds." JC: Double undercut the top two cards to the bottom of the deck. Turn the deck face up to reveal the JC. (Once again, if you are using audience participation, hold the entire deck up to your face to “strike the pose.”)

With your right hand, turn over the face-down card on the table to reveal the 4D. Six diamonds diamonds are now missing. missing. Place the 4D face up on the KH to begin to create a discard pile. pile. Take the double off the deck. deck. (Easy to do because of the crimped card below them) and place the double face up onto the discard discard pile. Keep the double square so the 10D won’t be seen. As you place the double down down onto the pile with your your right hand, turn the deck face down and continue immediately with the next revelation. JH: Perform John Cornelius’ “Spring Set” flourish (see The Award Winning Magic of John Cornelius  by  by Lance Pierce): push the top card over to the right for about one fourth of an inch. Use your left thumb to contact the exposed portion of the second card from the top of the deck. 57