The Magic Show

"Come on! It's starting!", my neighbor Rahul hollered from the sidewalk. 

"What's starting?" I said. Behind him, groups of kids hurried down the street. 

We'd moved to the neighborhood just weeks before. I was shy; a bookworm, waiting for school to start. Rahul was the only kid I'd met.

"The magic show!" said Rahul, exasperated.

I saw rows of kids were seated on the grass.

White-haired and very thin, the magician wore a black hat and tails. In his hand he gripped a wand, producing doves from an urn. He asked for a volunteer. Rahul raised his hand. Everyone looked scared.

"Just relax," the magician whispered. Rahul got into the box. The box closed.

Then the magician waved his magic wand & when the box opened, a dove flew out of it. 

Oh Goodness! The magician had turned Rahul into a dove! I just couldn't believe this!

I was scared. I wanted Rahul back. After five minutes, the dove flew back into the box & the box closed. When the magician waved his magic wand, the box opened & Rahul came out! Thank God!

Well, Rahul looked very happy. The audience clapped & almost everyone congratulated him. Rahul had surely become a "Star"!