James Gullickson

The cape was cheap polyester, but the stitching was solid.

The wand was just a painted wooden dowel.

He unfolded the instructions.

Congratulations, aspiring magician.

You are now the proud owner of Mr. Mystery's marvelous magic set.

With practice and dedication, you too can amaze your friends and family with amazing feats of prestidigitation.

That's fancy talk for sleight of hand.

The sheet was brittle.

Will handled it carefully.

There were instructions for basic tricks, making a coin disappear, pulling a scarf from your sleeve, the classic cups and balls.

And at the bottom, there was a piece of paper with a crude drawing of a rabbit.

The iconic rabbit out of the hat trick.

Reach into your marvelous magic hat and pull out a rabbit.

Rabbit is sewn into the interior of the hat.

Practice pulling rabbit from hat in one smooth motion for optimal effect.

Will picked up the hat and looked inside.

Sure enough, there was a small felt rabbit attached to the interior lining, positioned so a child could reach in, grab it, and pull it out as if by magic.

The rabbit was matted and faded.

One of its eyes was missing.

He could probably get 80 bucks for the set.