Jumping toothpicks

Somehow the subject of the jumping toothpicks came up.  Bryan tested the toothpicks to make sure they were good for jumping and then made them jump.  Ethan was amazed.  He has seen it before but Ethan really wanted to figure it out.

He took the toothpicks and tried to figure it out.  He even enlisted some friends but none of them could get the toothpicks to jump.  Bryan finally told him that if Ethan doesn't figure it out before he goes on his mission, that Bryan will teach him how to do it.

Poor kid.