| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: he had lost two of his own men, but the punishment inflicted
upon the marauders had been severe almost to extinction. A half
dozen, perhaps, had escaped; but the balance, with the exception
of the five prisoners, had expiated their crimes before the nickel
jacketed bullets of the legionaries. And, best of all, the ring
leader, Achmet ben Houdin, was among the prisoners.
From the prisoners Captain Jacot permitted his mind to traverse
the remaining miles of sand to the little garrison post where,
upon the morrow, he should find awaiting him with eager welcome
his wife and little daughter. His eyes softened to the memory
of them, as they always did. Even now he could see the beauty
The Son of Tarzan |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: little to have prigged a prancer from the next common--it had but
been sending back the brute to the headborough. The farcy and
the founders confound every horse in the stables of the Black
Bear!"
The lady endeavoured to comfort her guide, observing that the
dawn would enable him to make more speed.
"True, madam," he replied; "but then it will enable other folk to
take note of us, and that may prove an ill beginning of our
journey. I had not cared a spark from anvil about the matter had
we been further advanced on our way. But this Berkshire has been
notoriously haunted, ever since I knew the country, with that
Kenilworth |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson:
Treasure Island |
