| 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 Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum: lost. Roads always lead to some place, else they wouldn't be roads."
"This road," added the Wizard, "leads to Rigmarole Town. I'm sure of
that because I enchanted the wagon wheels."
Sure enough, after riding along the road for an hour or two they
entered a pretty valley where a village was nestled among the hills.
The houses were Munchkin shaped, for they were all domes, with windows
wider than they were high, and pretty balconies over the front doors.
Aunt Em was greatly relieved to find this town "neither paper nor
patch-work," and the only surprising thing about it was that it was so
far distant from all other towns.
As the Sawhorse drew the wagon into the main street the travelers
The Emerald City of Oz |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Book of Remarkable Criminals by H. B. Irving: his acquaintance. "My case," he called out to him, "will soon be
over; we'll meet again yet and have a good time together." One
visitor, wishing not to appear too curious, pretended to be
looking at a picture. "Come, sir," said Derues, "you haven't
come here to see the pictures, but to see me. Have a good look
at me. Why study copies of nature when you can look at such a
remarkable original as I?" But there were to be no more days of
mirth and gaiety for the jesting grocer. His appeal was
rejected, and he was ordered for execution on the morrow.
At six o'clock on the morning of May 6 Derues returned to the
Palais de Justice, there to submit to the superfluous torments of
A Book of Remarkable Criminals |
