| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum: down to the lowest limb of the tree.
The Goose looked up and saw him.
"You've bungled things in a dreadful way!" exclaimed the Goose.
"Why did you do it?"
"Because I wanted to," answered Kiki. "You acted as if I was your
slave, and I wanted to show these forest people that I am more
powerful than you."
The Goose hissed softly, but Kiki did not hear that.
Old Ruggedo quickly recovered his wits and muttered to himself:
"This boy is the goose, although it is I who wear the goose's shape.
I will be gentle with him now, and fierce with him when I have him in
The Magic of Oz |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan by Honore de Balzac: you see me at that final awakening, in 1819? The drama of 'The
Brothers at enmity' is a rose-water tragedy beside that of a mother
and daughter placed as we then were. But I braved them all, my mother,
my husband, the world, by public coquetries which society talked of,--
and heaven knows how it talked! You can see, my friend, how the men
with whom I was accused of folly were to me the dagger with which to
stab my enemies. Thinking only of my vengeance, I did not see or feel
the wounds I was inflicting on myself. Innocent as a child, I was
thought a wicked woman, the worst of women, and I knew nothing of it!
The world is very foolish, very blind, very ignorant; it can penetrate
no secrets but those which amuse it and serve its malice: noble
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Heap O' Livin' by Edgar A. Guest: At Sugar Camp the cook is kind................ 26
Be a friend. You don't need money............. 97
Before we take an auto ride Pa says to Ma..... 22
Be grateful for the kindly friends............ 179
Be more than his dad.......................... 128
Can't is the worst word that's written........ 52
Cheek that is tanned by the wind of the north. 59
Courage isn't a brilliant dash................ 72
Did you ever sit down and talk with men....... 163
Does the grouch get richer quicker............ 14
Foxes can talk if you know how to listen...... 80
A Heap O' Livin' |
