| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs: suspicions which he himself had been nursing since the robbery.
During the colloquy the boss entered the office. He had
heard the returning vaqueros ride into the ranch and noting
that they brought no steers with them had come to the office
to hear their story. Barbara, spurred by curiosity, accompanied
her father.
"You heard what Benito says?" asked Grayson, turning
toward his employer
The latter nodded. All eyes were upon Bridge.
"Well," snapped Grayson, "what you gotta say fer yourself?
I ben suspectin' you right along. I knew derned well that that
The Mucker |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum: "It isn't right," declared Button-Bright. "A Princess
should marry a Prince."
"I'm not a common gardener's boy," protested Pon. "If I
had my rights I would be the King instead of Krewl. As it
is, I'm a Prince, and as royal as any man in Jinxland."
"How does that come?" asked Cap'n Bill.
"My father used to be the King and Krewl was his Prime
Minister. But one day while out hunting, King Phearse --
that was my father's name -- had a quarrel with Krewl and
tapped him gently on the nose with the knuckles of his
closed hand. This so provoked the wicked Krewl that he
The Scarecrow of Oz |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Burning Daylight by Jack London: five cards, and wrote on a betting slip.
"I see you, Mac," he said, "and I raise her a little thousand
just so as not to keep Daylight out."
The concentrated gaze shifted to Daylight. He likewise examined
his draw and counted his five cards.
"I see that six thousand, and I raise her five thousand...just to
try and keep you out, Jack."
"And I raise you five thousand just to lend a hand at keeping
Jack out," MacDonald said, in turn.
His voice was slightly husky and strained, and a nervous twitch
in the corner of his mouth followed speech.
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