A magician was on his way to perform his next show in a big city at a hotel. On the seat of his car he had 5 liters of flammable liquid and a box of matches.
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A traffic officer stopped him at the entrance to the hotel and was very suspicious when he saw this man sitting in the car wearing a very strange outfit.
The traffic officer started walking around the car, inspecting it and then he saw the liquid and the matches on the seat. Now he was really suspicious of this man and wanted to know why he was driving around with flammable liquid in his car.
The man answers: "It is for the magic show I must go and do at the hotel."
The traffic officer thinks this is just an excuse and decides to challenge the man. "Please get out of the car and show me what you are going to use the liquid for and what your show entails."
The man gets out of the car and starts performing some amazing tricks with flames. He throws the flames up in the air, twirls it, catches it and even spit some fire. The traffic officer is very impressed and he knows that the man is not lying.
While he tells the man that it is fine to go to his show a man and women passes by in another car. They look shocked and the man says to his wife, "Goodness, we must hope we do not get pulled over by that traffic officer, because look at the tricks you have to do to show him you are capable to drive....."
Complete the following
- Why is the end of the story funny to you?
- Why do you think the traffic officer was suspicious of the liquid in the man's car?
- Make a list of precautions you must take if you have to make or use a fire. (you can play some safety games here)
- Choose the correct word in the following sentences
- The magician say the liquid is his/mine and he/she uses him/it for his/her shows.
- The matches are also the magicians/magician's
- The traffic officer if suspicious if he/they see people in strange costumes.
- The magician tells the offices which type of work he/she does but the officer does not want to believe him/he.
- The men/mans/man's clothes looks strange.
- The officer says he wants to see him/he do him/his tricks.
- A women sits next to her/they/his husband. Her/She husband stops that they/we can look at the magician.
- The man tells his/her wife that he/she is happy that they/we do not have to do trick like that in order for they/them to continue on they/there/their journey.
- You must be quick with your/their hands if you/they want to be a magician.
- I want a magician to show me/I there/their/his tricks.