The book didn't move, didn't even stir. He looked pretty foolish staring at a book like that. Did he really think he could make it move just by looking at it? Wasn't that the stupidest thing he'd ever thought? Magic? Yeah right. Next he knew he'd be pulling a rabbit out of his hat. If thete really were magic, wouldn't the world's problems be solved? Wouldn't his parents still be alive? And that woman, she was just toying with him. She was just trying to see how gullable he was, right? ...right?