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While working on a ship, a magician(魔术师)did the same tricks each week since he always had a new audience(观众).Problem was that he had a parrot, who saw each show and had figured out how the magician did his tricks.“It’s in the pocket.”“It’s in the pocket.”the parrot would yell.The magician would do another trick and the parrot would yell.“It’s in the hat”, “It’s in the hat.”
The audience would roar with laughter(哄堂大笑), angering the magician, but he did nothing because he loved his parrot very much.One day, during his act, the ship sank(下沉)because of a hard storm.When the magician came up from the water, he caught a piece of wood which his parrot happened to stand on.They floated(漂流)for days without saying a word until finally the parrot turned to the magician.“OK, I give up”, he said,“BUT WHERE DID YOU HIDE(藏)THE SHIP?”