The finger trick
Nobody likes looking at chopped up legs or heads, particularly when they don’t seem to belong to anybody. A “dead” finger is a shocking sight too and even your toughest friends will be startled when you show them one in a box. For this bloodthirsty trick use a matchbox and cut a hole in the bottom just big enough for your index finger to go
through. Whiten your finger and paint on bruises. Add tomato sauce too. Wrap a little cotton wool around the finger and then shut the box as far as possible. Holding the box in the palm of your hand, so that nobody can guess it is your finger inside, show it to your friends. Tell them a blood-curdl-ing story about the chopped-off finger.
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