| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Aesop's Fables by Aesop: The Two Fellows and the Bear The Hare With Many Friends
The Two Pots The Lion in Love
The Four Oxen and the Lion The Bundle of Sticks
The Fisher and the Little Fish The Lion, the Fox, and the Beasts
Avaricious and Envious The Ass's Brains
The Crow and the Pitcher The Eagle and the Arrow
The Man and the Satyr The Milkmaid and Her Pail
The Goose With the Golden Eggs The Cat-Maiden
The Labourer and the Nightingale The Horse and the Ass
The Fox, the Cock, and the Dog The Trumpeter Taken Prisoner
The Wind and the Sun The Buffoon and the Countryman
Aesop's Fables |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela: unless you belch!"
The noise of mouths being filled, of ravenous feeding
followed. All drank copiously. At the end of the dinner,
Luis Cervantes rose, holding a champagne glass in one
hand, and said:
"General. . ."
"Ho!" War Paint interrupted. "This speech-making busi-
ness isn't for me; I'm all against it. I'll go out to the
corral since there's no more eating here."
Presenting Demetrio with a black velvet-covered box
containing a small brass eagle, Luis Cervantes made a
The Underdogs |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Pool in the Desert by Sara Jeanette Duncan: Mrs. Innes's colour had not returned, but there was a recklessness
in the lines of her mouth. In the way she held her chin, expressing
that she had been reflecting on old scores, and anticipated the
worst. Meeting this vigilance Miss Anderson experienced a slight
recoil. Her happiness, she realized, had been brought to her in the
hands of ugly circumstance.
'And so melodramatic,' she told herself. 'It is really almost
vulgar. In a story I should have no patience with it.' But she
went on stirring her coffee with a little uncontrollable smile.
A moment later she had to contemplate the circumstance that her
hostess was addressing her. Mrs. Innes wished to be introduced.
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