“Magic is as real as the magic of reality.” - Anonymous
To my parents, Manuel and Rosario, for everything. To my sister, Nati, for everything. - Fran Nuño To Carmen, Julia, Pablo and Marta, For the gift of the magic of your childhood. To my parents and brothers. To Mabel, Paco and Miguel. To Luz, and of course, to my FRIEND Francisco Morilla. For everything you’ve ever given me. - Enrique Quevedo The Great Magician of the World Text © 2012 Fran Nuño Illustrations © 2012 Enrique Quevedo This edition © 2012 Cuento de Luz SL Calle Claveles 10 | Urb Monteclaro | Pozuelo de Alarcón | 28223 Madrid | Spain | www.cuentodeluz.com Original title in Spanish: El Gran Mago del Mundo English translation by Jon Brokenbrow ISBN: 978-84-15241-11-9 Printed by Shanghai Chenxi Printing Co., Ltd. in PRC, January 2012, print number 123 All rights reserved.
The Great Magician of the
World
Fran Nu単o
Illustrated by Enrique Quevedo
I like magic so much that sometimes I pretend I’m a great magician and that I can do the most beautiful, amazing tricks in the world.
I imagine that every morning I make a big silver coin disappear from the sky so that an even bigger, golden one can appear in its place.
I think that sometimes I fill the same sky with huge white and gray doves, which appear with a wave of my hands...
And that all of these birds have cards in their beaks, which they release to flutter gently down on us.
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“I like magic so much that sometimes I pretend I’m a great magician and that I can do the most beautiful, amazing tricks in the world… I imagine that every morning I make a big silver coin disappear from the sky…”
The Great Magician of the World is a book overflowing with poetry and color, helping us to discover that we live within the most amazing magic show we could ever imagine.