| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: alongside the steamer.
For a moment it seemed that she should miss her goal by
but a few feet, but at the last moment the canoe swung close
beneath the steamer's bow and Jane barely managed to grasp
the anchor chain.
Heroically she clung to the heavy iron links, almost dragged
from the canoe by the strain of the current upon her craft.
Beyond her she saw a monkey-ladder dangling over the
steamer's side. To release her hold upon the chain and chance
clambering to the ladder as her canoe was swept beneath it
seemed beyond the pale of possibility, yet to remain clinging
The Beasts of Tarzan |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Betty Zane by Zane Grey: smiling.
"I declare, this is very sudden. But you have succeeded. Who made the suit?
And where did you get all that pretty fringe and those beautiful beads?"
"That stuff I picked up round an Injun camp. The suit I made myself."
"I think, Lewis, I must get you to help me make my new gown," said Betty,
roguishly.
"Well, I must be getting' back," said Wetzel, rising.
"Oh, don't go yet. You have not talked to me at all,"" said Betty petulantly.
She walked to the gate with him.
"What can an Injun hunter say to amuse the belle of the border?"
"I don't want to be amused exactly. I mean I'm not used to being unnoticed,
Betty Zane |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Amy Foster by Joseph Conrad: would fill with tears, and, averting them from the
immense shimmer of the sea, he would throw him-
self face down on the grass. But sometimes, cock-
ing his hat with a little conquering air, he would
defy my wisdom. He had found his bit of true
gold. That was Amy Foster's heart; which was 'a
golden heart, and soft to people's misery,' he
would say in the accents of overwhelming convic-
tion.
"He was called Yanko. He had explained that
this meant little John; but as he would also repeat
Amy Foster |
