Mehdi performs a magic trick

Mehdi fetches a large plastic barrel from the shed, and drops the ice block into it, before filling the barrel with water from a hose, to melt it.

He fetches a tub of salt from the kitchen, and adds that to the water to speed up the melting process.

While the ice block begins to melt in the barrel, he fetches a toy drum kit and a recorder, and plays a duet with Antoine.

He then tries to break the block up within the barrel, using a shovel, to speed the process up.

When his time has run out, some small chunks of ice remain floating on the surface of the water in the barrel.

He attempts to distract from this by pulling a playing card out of the water, and asking Antoine if it was 'his card'.

Louis decides to give him a bonus point for this 'magic trick', and awards him second place for making most of the ice disappear.

(Written by Karl Craven)

(Illustrations collected by Jenny R and adjusted by David Fuller)