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One day there was a girl named Kaykay who lived in New York City. Kaykay was nine and she loved magic. She had been to every magic show in America. She learned tricks from people. She had magic books. She had a wand and a magic hat. She had a bunny. She had met magicians all over America.

One day in the newspaper she saw an article that said:

Aidan’s Last Magic Show.
Call now for tickets 1-212-101-8844.
Tickets cost $100. All of Aidan’s magic tricks.
Call now or they will be out.
March 10th
4:00 to 5:00

Kaykay asked her mom, Emma, if she could go. Emma said, “One hundred dollars. You have to be kidding!”

“I am not kidding, mom. I really want to go.”

“No, no, no,” said Emma.

“I’ll do any thing to go. I’ll make my bed for a month and not get paid for it.” Normally, Kaykay made her bed and got paid 50 cents per day.

“I said no and no means no. If you ask one more time I will send you to your room for twenty minutes.”

Time went by. Kaykay asked friends and family for $100. They said, “I am so sorry, but a hundred dollars is too much.”

It was March tenth and forty-five minutes away from Aidan’s last magic show. Kaykay was looking through her magic books and saw something that said:

If you want to go somewhere say
your name three times and
where you want to go with curiosity. (When I said with curiosity, I meant in a question.)
Then it will send you where you want to go.

She knew her mom was at the grocery store and no one was home with her. She thought she would give it a try. She said “Kaykay, Kaykay, Kaykay, take me to Aidan’s last magic show.” It did not work. She tried again and again it did not work. Then she remembered you had to say it with curiosity. She said with curiosity “Kaykay, Kaykay, Kaykay, take me to Aidan’s last magic show?”

When she opened her eyes she was at Aidan’s last magic show. She was in a big theater. The walls were glass with paintings of magicians – the best magicians in the whole world. The ceiling was decorated with bunnies and magic hats. There were seats all over. The floor was dark red with baby blue spots. The show started. It was in Italian. Aidan said, “Benvenuto al Veneto.” (Welcome to Venice.) She was in a part of Italy called Venice. This time she’d gone too far.

Kaykay missed her family, her friends and her room, but decided she could watch the show. Aidan pulled a bunny out of the hat, made a blanket turn into a bird, made people go to another part of the theater without moving, made two of herself, made herself disappear, and floated in the air. She taught spells, but the spells were in Italian. Then Kaykay realized she could say the spells in Italian, too. It was great. She watched the whole show. She loved it. She could not wait to tell everyone. She had no idea what her mom would say. She worried that even though she was only nine, her mom might ground her.

Back home, Emma opened the door. She walked down the hallway carrying some bags from the grocery store and then went into the kitchen.

Then she went back to the hall and said, “Kaykay, I am home.” There was no answer. She tried again, “I’m home, Kaykay.” There was still no answer. She grew worried. Emma screamed at the top of her lungs, “Kaykay, I am home. If you are playing a joke, it is not funny.”

Emma went into Kaykay’s room. She saw Kaykay’s magic book open on her bed and read it. Then Emma remembered it was Aidan’s last magic show. Emma went out of Kaykay’s room to get her wallet and coat. She said with curiosity, “Emma, Emma, Emma, take me to Kaykay?”

In less than a second, she was in Venice standing right next to Kaykay outside the theater. The street was filled with people. Emma said, “Kaykay, I was so worried about you. You must never do that again.”

Kaykay had missed her mom and was so excited to see her. Kaykay said, “Okay. I want to go home now.”

“I would be happy to,” said Emma. On the count of three they said their names three times and that they wanted to go home.

Then they were home happy and safe.