| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson:
Treasure Island |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Octopus by Frank Norris: The curtain was up, disclosing a half-set scene,--the flats,
leaning at perilous angles,--that represented some sort of
terrace, the pavement, alternate squares of black and white
marble, while red, white, and yellow flowers were represented as
growing from urns and vases. A long, double row of chairs
stretched across the scene from wing to wing, flanking a table
covered with a red cloth, on which was set a pitcher of water and
a speaker's gavel.
Promptly these chairs were filled up with members of the League,
the audience cheering as certain well-known figures made their
appearance--Garnett of the Ruby ranch, Gethings of the San Pablo,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Tin Woodman of Oz by L. Frank Baum: last, after mixing several powders and sprinkling them
upon the Fawn, the yookoohoo enchantment was suddenly
broken and before them stood one of the daintiest and
loveliest creatures in any fairyland in the world.
Polychrome was as sweet and merry in disposition as she
was beautiful, and when she danced and capered around
in delight, her beautiful hair floated around her like
a golden mist and her many-hued raiment, as soft as
cobwebs, reminded one of drifting clouds in a summer
sky.
Woot was so awed by the entrancing sight of this
The Tin Woodman of Oz |
