The Trick

Phineas: “Where’s it? One-two-three-four-five?”
Ezra (deadpan): “It’s in this hand.”
Phineas: “Yeah! You got it!”
Ezra: “The trick is to not tell me which hand it’s in.”
Phineas: “Where’s it? One-two-three-four-five?”
Ezra (deadpan): “Now it’s in this hand.”
Phineas: “Yay! You got it!”
Ezra: “This trick is to not open your hand. That makes it too easy, Phineas.”