A • Abracadabra presto-change "A little mysterious hoeing and manuring was all the abra cadabra presto- change, that I used . . ." -- Henry David Thoreau, Collected Essays and Poems (2001) • Abracadabra! Presto chango! Hocus pocus! Alakazam! "She waved her arms around, sprinkled some glittery dust, and said, 'Abracadabra! Presto chango! Hocus pocus! Alakazam!' Nothing. More glittery dust. 'Abracadabra! Presto chango! Hocus pocus! Alakazam!' Nothing. 'Ahem. Maybe you didn't hear me. I said, 'Abracadabra! Presto chango! Hocus pocus! And AlakaZAM! ARE YOU DEAF, OR WHAT?' And then . . . there appeared . . . a ghost." -- Michele Torrey, The Case of the Graveyard Ghost (2002) • Abracadabra. Presto change-o. Open Shazaam. Voilà "I'd like to wave a magic wand . . . Clap my hands. Abracadabra. Presto change-o. Open Shazaam. Voilà!" -- Milena McGraw, After Dinkirk (1998) • Abracadabra shalakazam -- Marek Kohn, "Sir Teo's Quest" (2000) • Abracadabra! Shazam! "Remember, you're releasing yourself from the handcuffs and need to say the magic words, 'Abracadabra! Shazam!' to transport yourself." -- Elena Bates, I Am Diva! (200 ) • Abracadabra-simsalabim -- Susanne Friedrich (2001) • Abra Cadabra, skiggily, scoo "She waved her wand in the air and said, 'Abra Cadabra, skiggily, scoo -- good table manners just for you." -- Linda Hagler, Good Citizenship Counts (200 ) • Abracadabra tum tum ti -- Maria Dinah Mulock Craik, The Little Lame Prince (1875) • Abracadabra-zimmity-ZAM -- Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine (1946) • Abracadabra zip tumblo -- Peter Lerangis, Whoa! Amusement Park Gone Wild! (200 ) • Abracadabra Zot Beeble "I shall now make this bill vanish by saying the magic words abracadabra . . . zot . . . beeble!' Max made a fist with his left hand and shoved the bill into it. Then he opened his fist . . . and the five-dollar bill was gone." -- Peter Lerangis, Presto! Magic Treasure (2002) • Abracadabry, hocus-poo "Jack fixed her with a trancelike gaze and chanted in the wizard's elderly irritable voice: 'Abracadabry, hocus-poo, Roger Skunk, how do you do, Roses, boses, pull an ear, Roger Skunk, you never fear: Bingo!'" -- John Up- dike, "Should Wizard Hit Mommy?" The Early Stories: 1953-1975 (200 )