An Indian juggler is known all over the world for his wonderful tricks. He travels about from town to town, showing his tricks for a few coins. He is always welcome, for he pleases us with his clever tricks.

He does his tricks so cleverly and quickly that the eye can hardly follow his movements. He takes a little ball and puts it under a cup. You watch it closely. You have not seen him remove the ball. You are quite sure that the ball is still under the cup. And yet, when he lifts the cup the ball is gone! You are amazed. He has done the trick.

The Indian juggler is very lever at what is known as the `basket trick’. He places on the ground a large, round basket. A young lad gets into it and lies down. The juggler then covers it with a piece of cloth. He then takes a sword and thrusts it into the basket in every possible direction. You hear painful cries of the boy and see the drawn-out sword smeared with blood. You feel frightened, for you think that the poor boy must be bleeding. You feel like cursing the cruel juggler. But he does not see to care, as if nothing strange has happened. After an astonished to find the basket empty and the boy gone! A few minutes later, the same boy appears, as cheerful and happy as ever.

But the cleverest trick of an Indian juggler is what may be called the `ring trick’. It is surprising how the ring disappears. The juggler borrows a ring from a person standing in the crowd. He ties it up tightly in the corner of a handkerchief, and gives it to a gentleman in he crowd to hold. The gentleman can feel the ring in the handkerchief and holds it tightly between his pointing finger and thumb. He then asks the gentleman to let go the ring and shake the handkerchief. The gentleman does so and finds that the ring has disappeared. The juggler then picks up an apple lying on the ground, and asks the gentleman to cut it open; the latter does so and his surprise, Ho! The ring is there!

Such are the wonderful tricks of an Indian juggler.