| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Betty Zane by Zane Grey: saw three Indians sitting before a fire. One of them was cutting thin slices
from a haunch of deer meat, another was drinking from a gourd, and the third
was roasting a piece of venison which he held on a sharpened stick. Isaac knew
at once the Indians were Wyandots, and he saw they were in full war paint.
They were not young braves, but middle aged warriors. One of them Isaac
recognized as Crow, a chief of one of the Wyandot tribes, and a warrior
renowned for his daring and for his ability to make his way in a straight line
through the wilderness. Crow was a short, heavy Indian and his frame denoted
great strength He had a broad forehead, high cheek bones, prominent nose and
his face would have been handsome and intelligent but for the scar which ran
across his cheek, giving him a sinister look.
Betty Zane |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: wolves, and there were dashes of bright color and variegated
markings such as no wolf bore before.
A DAUGHTER OF THE AURORA
"You--what you call--lazy mans, you lazy mans would desire me to
haf for wife. It is not good. Nevaire, no, nevaire, will lazy
mans my hoosband be."
Thus Joy Molineau spoke her mind to Jack Harrington, even as she
had spoken it, but more tritely and in his own tongue, to Louis
Savoy the previous night.
"Listen, Joy--"
"No, no; why moos' I listen to lazy mans? It is vaire bad, you
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: At Large - One Temper
The Seeker and the Sought
His Fly-Speck Majesty
The Pugilist's Diet
The Old Man and the Pupil
The Deceased and his Heirs
The Politicians and the Plunder
The Man and the Wart
The Divided Delegation
A Forfeited Right
Revenge
Fantastic Fables |
