Abbit the Average Brings a Bit of Comedy and Magic to GT Library
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Magician Abbit the Average holds open an empty brown paper bag to his audience to ensure that it's empty before placing a glass soda bottle inside it and making it disappear.
Photo Courtesy of: Breeanna Jent
An astute crowd of children make friendly protest with magician Abbit the Average, saying that just because he's holding a paper bag upside down doesn't mean he's made the glass soda bottle inside of it disappear.
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Abbit the Average crumples a brown paper bag into a ball. As part of a magic trick, the bag contained a glass soda bottle just seconds before he made it disappear.
Photo Courtesy of: Breeanna Jent
Abbit the average calls on a young participant to venture a guess as to how he learned all about magic. She guessed correctly: he learned by reading about it in books.
Photo Courtesy of: Breeanna Jent
Magician Abbit the Average tells the children that libraries, and books, can open doors to their wildest dreams.
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