| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Heart of the West by O. Henry: animal fell heavily. Santa made for it like a panther; but it
scrambled up and dashed against her, knocking her over like a blade of
grass.
Again she made her cast, while the aroused cattle milled around the
four sides of the corral in a plunging mass. This throw was fair; the
white cow came to earth again; and before it could rise Santa had made
the lasso fast around a post of the corral with a swift and simple
knot, and had leaped upon the cow again with the rawhide hobbles.
In one minute the feet of the animal were tied (no record-breaking
deed) and Santa leaned against the corral for the same space of time,
panting and lax.
Heart of the West |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Koran: against them; and we gave him treasuries of which the keys would
bear down a band of men endowed with strength. When his people said to
him, 'Exult not; verily, God loves not those who exult! but crave,
through what God has given thee, the future abode; and forget not
thy portion in this world, and do good, as God has done good to
thee; and seek not evil doing in the earth; verily, God loves not
the evildoers!'
Said he, 'I have only been given it for knowledge which I have!' did
he not know that God had destroyed before him many generations of
those who were stronger than he, and had amassed more? But the sinners
need not to be asked concerning their crimes.
The Koran |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart: functionary had condescended to connect his employer's desk
telephone, I was somewhat at a loss as to how to begin.
"Why, how are you, Rachel?" Sam said sonorously. "Going to build
that house at Rock View?" It was a twenty-year-old joke of his.
"Sometime, perhaps," I said. "Just now I want to ask you a
question about something which is none of my business."
"I see you haven't changed an iota in a quarter of a century,
Rachel." This was intended to be another jest. "Ask ahead:
everything but my domestic affairs is at your service."
"Try to be serious," I said. "And tell me this: has your firm
made any plans for a house recently, for a Doctor Walker, at
The Circular Staircase |
