THE MAGICIAN AND THE LOCKED DOOR

There was master magician known to break open any lock and come out of it.

One of the stories is about a little town people who decided to challenge (and perhaps embarrass) the great magician. This town had just completed an escape-proof jail, and so the townsfolk invited the magician to come to see if he could break out.

He accepted the challenge. He was allowed to enter the jail in his street clothes. People said they saw the locksmith turn the lock some strange way, and then with the clang of steel, everybody turned their backs and left him alone to work. The magician had hidden a long flexible steel rod in his belt, which is what he used to try to trip the lock. He worked for 30 minutes. He kept his ear close to the lock. 45 minutes, and then an hour passed. He was perspiring. After two hours, he was exhausted. He leaned against the door, and to his amazement, it fell open. They had never locked the door! It was their trick on the great escape artist!

The door was locked only in magician’s mind. That’s the only place it was locked!