What is magic?

Imagine you have a box that can change what’s inside without you touching it, that’s what magic is.

Think about your favorite toy. You put it in a box, and then you close the lid. If you open it again, and poof! there's a different toy, like a surprise, that’s kind of like magic. It feels surprising because you didn’t do anything to make it change.

Sometimes, magic is like when you look at something, and then you blink, and it looks totally different. It's not really gone, it just moved or changed shape in a way that makes your eyes confused. That’s magic, too!

You might not know what’s inside the box, or how the thing changed, but that doesn’t matter. What matters is how fun it feels when something surprising happens right in front of you. Imagine you have a box that can change what’s inside without you touching it, that’s what magic is.

Think about your favorite toy. You put it in a box, and then you close the lid. If you open it again, and poof! there's a different toy, like a surprise, that’s kind of like magic. It feels surprising because you didn’t do anything to make it change.

Sometimes, magic is like when you look at something, and then you blink, and it looks totally different. It's not really gone, it just moved or changed shape in a way that makes your eyes confused. That’s magic, too!

You might not know what’s inside the box, or how the thing changed, but that doesn’t matter. What matters is how fun it feels when something surprising happens right in front of you.