| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Heritage of the Desert by Zane Grey: her once more with unguarded eyes, to whisper a few words, to say
good-bye; but it was impossible.On the morrow he rode out of the red
cliff gate with Dave and the pack-horses, a dull ache in his heart; for
amid the cheering crowd of children and women who bade them good-bye he
had caught the wave of Mescal's hand and a look of her eyes that would be
with him always. What might happen before he returned, if he ever did
return! For he knew now, as well as he could feel Silvermane's easy
stride, that out there under the white glare of desert, the white gleam
of the slopes of Coconina, was wild life awaiting him. And he shut his
teeth, and narrowed his eyes, and faced it with an eager joy that was in
strange contrast to the pang in his breast.
The Heritage of the Desert |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Schoolmistress and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov: in authority; Vodolazov mimicked drunken merchants and Armenians;
and Fenogenov (on his passport his name was Knish), a tall, stout
Little Russian with black eyes and frowning brow,
declaimed "At the portals of the great," and "To be or not to
be." Limonadov, with tears in his eyes, described his interview
with the former Governor, General Kanyutchin. The police captain
listened, was bored, and smiled affably. He was well satisfied,
although Limonadov smelt strongly of burnt feathers, and
Fenogenov was wearing a hired dress coat and boots trodden down
at heel. They pleased his daughter and made her lively, and that
was enough for him. And Masha never took her eyes off the
The Schoolmistress and Other Stories |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum: think they will look quite pretty, mixed with the others. Don't you?"
The Steward gave an angry grunt.
"Have your own way, since you are the King," he growled. "But if you
come to grief through your carelessness, remember that I told you so.
If I wore the magic belt which enables you to work all your
transformations, and gives you so much other power, I am sure I would
make a much wiser and better King than you are."
"Oh, cease your tiresome chatter!" commanded the King, getting angry
again. "Because you are my Chief Steward you have an idea you can
scold me as much as you please. But the very next time you become
impudent, I will send you to work in the furnaces, and get another
Ozma of Oz |
