| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: between the two the Hawk was calamitously defeated.
The Wolf and the Shepherds
A WOLF passing a Shepherd's hut looked in and saw the shepherds
dining.
"Come in," said one of them, ironically, "and partake of your
favourite dish, a haunch of mutton."
"Thank you," said the Wolf, moving away, "but you must excuse me; I
have just had a saddle of shepherd."
The Goose and the Swan
A CERTAIN rich man reared a Goose and a Swan, the one for his
table, the other because she was reputed a good singer. One night
Fantastic Fables |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: would or not. But what lady hast thou got with thee? I saw thou
wert at fault the first question was asked, and so I drew up for
thy assistance. But I must know all who she is, dear Wayland."
"Thou shalt know fifty finer things, my dear ingle," said
Wayland; "but a truce to thine inquiries just now. And since you
are bound for Kenilworth, thither will I too, even for the love
of thy sweet face and waggish company."
"Thou shouldst have said my waggish face and sweet company," said
Dickie;" but how wilt thou travel with us--I mean in what
character?"
"E'en in that thou hast assigned me, to be sure--as a juggler;
Kenilworth |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Market-Place by Harold Frederic: to--well, here's what occurs to me as an off-chance.
I take an interest in your daughter, d'ye see? and it
seems a low-down sort of thing to me that she should be
so poor. Well, then--I might say to you, here's two
thousand a year, say, made over to you in your name, on the
understanding that you turn over half of it, say, to her.
She could take it from you, of course, as her father.
You could say you made it out of the Company. Of course
it might happen, later on, that I might like to have
a gentle hint dropped to her, d'ye see, as to where it
really came from. Mind, I don't say this is what is going
The Market-Place |
