| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Road to Oz by L. Frank Baum: him to the ground. Of course Toto made for Dorothy at once, barking
joyfully at his release from the dark pocket. When the child had
patted his head lovingly, he sat down before her, his red tongue
hanging out one side of his mouth, and looked up into her face with
his bright brown eyes, as if asking her what they should do next.
Dorothy didn't know. She looked around her anxiously for some
familiar landmark; but everything was strange. Between the branches
of the many roads were green meadows and a few shrubs and trees, but
she couldn't see anywhere the farm-house from which she had just come,
or anything she had ever seen before--except the shaggy man and Toto.
Besides this, she had turned around and around so many times trying to
The Road to Oz |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Alexander's Bridge by Willa Cather: "That's because I've been studying.
It always stirs me up a little."
He pushed the top of the glove up slowly.
"When did you learn to take hold of your
parts like that?"
"When I had nothing else to think of.
Come, the carriage is waiting.
What a shocking while you take."
"I'm in no hurry. We've plenty of time."
They found all London abroad. Piccadilly
was a stream of rapidly moving carriages,
Alexander's Bridge |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Light of Western Stars by Zane Grey: appointed Castleton to judge the play, Dorothy to act as caddie
for Ed Linton, and she herself to be caddie for Ambrose. While
Stillwell beamingly announced this momentous news to his team and
supporters Monty and Link were striding up.
Both were diminutive in size, bow-legged, lame in one foot, and
altogether unprepossessing. Link was young, and Monty's years,
more than twice Link's, had left their mark. But it would have
been impossible to tell Monty's age. As Stillwell said, Monty
was burned to the color and hardness of a cinder. He never
minded the heat, and always wore heavy sheepskin chaps with the
wool outside. This made him look broader than he was long.
The Light of Western Stars |
