Horror of Horrors!

MagnifiCAT flings card after card at the target. One whirs by your face so close that a lock of your hair flutters to the floor. You fight down a panic, but you follow the magician's orders. You stay absolutely still. Only one card left. MagnifiCAT holds it high and throws it. This time it looks as if something went wrong. The card is curving off course. Fear freezes you in your spot. You can't breathe and you can't move. All you can do is watch the card hurtling toward you and it flies over your head!
"Yes!" you cry in relief.
"NO!" Will shrieks, covering his eyes.
MagnifiCAT didn't hit you, but the card sliced right through one of the ropes behind you. Before you know it, a hundred-pound sandbag crashes onto you. It knocks you to the floor and into oblivion!
Oh, well. Nobody's perfect --- except you. Perfectly flat, that is.
End Of Story