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CARD MEMORY SYSTEM
example, if the king of clubs was called and your image for this was
a caveman-like club, you could imagine the club being broken in
half. Or if the card called was the 2 of hearts and your normal
image for this was a simple farm hen, you might imagine it with an
extraordinarily large tail or with its head cut off.
The systems described in this chapter are basic to the remem-
bering of cards, but it does not take much to see that in the actual
playing of card games, a Memory System such as this can be of
enormous help. You have probably watched people repeating over
and over to themselves the cards that they know have been put
down or which are in other players' hands, and you have probably
seen them sigh with exasperation at their inability to remember
accurately.
With your new Memory System, such tasks will become easy
and a joy, and whether you use it for serious card playing or simply
for enjoyment, throughout the process you will be exercising your
creative memory powers and increasing the usefulness of your
brain.

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