With a flourish, magician Robert Aberdeen pulled a rabbit out of his hat – a very animated stuffed bunny named Honey; Honey Bunny. The kids squealed when Honey Bunny began to talk! Ventriloquist Aberdeen traded puns and jokes with the bubbly bunny: “How many sisters and brothers did Honey have?” Honey looked at his watch. “Twenty-two, no, 23, oh 25, twins!”

Many of the jokes flew over the heads of the children but landed squarely on the funny bones of the adults in the audience at the Tuckerton branch of the Ocean County Library on March 25.

Merlin’s Magic book intrigued the children as it changed from a blank book to one of ink drawings and finally colored…