Now he knows what the audience is expecting. Sleight of hand, some tricks with mirrors, a well trained tiger drugged so it isn't a risk to himself and others. Or, in this case, a wolf.

That he lets them choose is part of the fun. That he lets her choose and he loves that they'll think she works for him. Except she'll know. Not just that she's not but what he's going to do.

He moves to walk her up onto the platform, letting go of her hand then as he steps back.

"A wolf it will be then. Whatever the lady wants, after all."

Stepping away, the assistant's draw up a metal cage. For the audience it would look like it suddenly happened from one moment to the next. For Alessandra it's a sudden, magical shift and she's suddenly in the cage a wolf.

Not any sleight of hand, just turning her into a wolf. The audience cheers and laughs.

"Now. One of you," he says, gesturing at the audience. "Something that we can ask her to do for us to prove it's her. Something obviously a wolf can do but that I couldn't have known to train her for."

They all start yelling out things and he finally picks one that couldn't really have been thought of to train them for.

"Ms Alessandra," he says, coming to start into her eyes, smiling widely. "Would you please lay down, put your face on the ground and thump your tail three times?"