An Unexpected Rabbit Production

This is one of those effects in misdirection which lead an audience to expect a certain thing and produce something else. There is always a great element of surprise in these effects.

Performer borrows a hat - or uses his own - and shows it to be empty. This is placed on an ordinary table, such as a card table. Magician states that he will cause hat to disappear. He holds up a cloth in front of hat for a moment, but when he removes it, hat is still in same position. Performer seems puzzled. He looks inside of hat, then reaches in and pulls out a rabbit.