Yesterday I was on the Portland Streetcar with my Son, Caleb. An older fellow in a wheelchair got on with us and he started to show Caleb some fairly simple magic tricks. Caleb smiled and went along with the tricks, even though he knew them himself. Caleb is a fairly good magician and knows quite a few tricks using ordinary coins or cards. After the guy had shown him a few things, I asked whispered to Caleb and asked him whether he wanted to show him any tricks. He quietly shook his head.
I figured that he was embarrassed or something (which is a little surprising for him), but I let it go. Eventually the guy got off the train and I asked Caleb why the didn’t want to show him any tricks. He said he had two reasons. One was that you should never do magic tricks at another persons show. And the other is that he did not want to spoil the guy’s fun by showing off. I was impressed with his “Magician’s code”, and I won’t bug him again about demonstrating this talents (he does it often enough anyway).