An 8" wand turns into a twisty, silly wand that is 28" long. Comes with a booklet of 75 gags and bits of business that you can do with the wand. Use it like a trouble wit, spell letters and numbers. Silly Billy's favorite bit is to hand it to your child helper. It stretches out and everyone laughs. Do funny stuff with it (from the 75 suggestions in the booklet). THEN say, "The wand can be long or short. For this trick, it must be short." Close the wand to 8 inches. Hand the wand to the child, turn your back to find a prop, and the kid pulls it to stretch it out! All his friends love it! He got the better of the magician. This is classic Magician in Trouble. Return to the child and reiterate that the wand should be short. Close it back down. Turn your back and the kid pulls it open again! Funny!