Magician

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Magician is an entertainer who performs tricks that seem impossible. Magicians make audiences believe they can pluck dollar bills out of the air and change one orange into three. They appear to read people's thoughts and produce bowls of goldfish from a scarf. Magicians even seem to make people disappear.

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