Cut out and place the three pieces – 1 bottom and 2 top pieces.  Count the leprechauns.  How many are there?
Now switch the top 2 pieces.  Count the leprechauns.  How many are there?
EXPLANATION

THE 13th MAGIC SKULL
Reproduce the ‘Crystal Skull Puzzle’ below and cut out the 4 pieces along the cutting lines…
Discard the white piece – It is the hole.
Then rearrange the pieces in order to fill the hole within the rectangular puzzle with a 13th crystal skull.
Is it impossible!

Is it possible to create matter using geometry?
And why is this question related to the end of the world?
It all started with Gianni Sarcone and Marie-Jo Waeber.
They developed a thrilling geometrical experiment.
Inspired by an ancient Mayan curse, they drew TWELVE crystal skulls.

According to the legend, when 13 similar skulls are re-united, the world will come to an end.
Just in case, a skull was missing in their picture: the crucial one.
They left a hole in order to host the last skull on the day of judgment.
The picture was composed of four pieces with a hole created to host the THIRTEENTH.
By just sliding some pieces, something incredible happened… A thirteenth skull appeared.
How is it possible to create matter from nothing by just rearranging some pieces?
Are we facing the Holistic idea according to which the hole is greater than the sum of its parts?
It is probably linked with the prophecies of 2012.
But don’t be scared. Chesterton wrote –
“The world will never end for want of wonders… but for want of WONDER”.
In that spirit, be the bringer of that WONDER that will keep the world alive.

When the arrow points NE, there are thirteen Warriors. When the arrow points NW, there are only twelve Warriors.  
Can you tell which one has vanished? … Where does he go? … How did the Warrior “Get Off the Earth?”

Search VANISHING PUZZLES for dozens more mystifying enigmas.
See BLOG OF WONDERS for a nice selection of Vanishing Puzzles.