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Ropes through Coat

Hold two long ropes side by side
and push the ends through one sleeve
of a coat and out the other (fig. 1).
Give one end of each rope to one per-
son, and the other ends to another
(fig. 2). When they pull the ropes
hard, the coat falls to the ground
(fig. 3).
The secret is the two ropes origi-
nally shown are not single ropes.
They are each doubled in the center,
and their centers bound together with
fig-
thread (fig. 4). This joint is covered
while you run the "two ropes"
through the sleeves. When the two
people pull hard enough, the thread
breaks and the coat falls to the
ground.

fig. 2

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fig. 4 fig- 3