| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: one leave the cliff by any other opening save that from
which I had seen the first party come, nor did any
re-enter the cliff through another aperture.
What a cave it must be, I thought, that houses an en-
tire tribe! But dissatisfied of the truth of my surmise, I
climbed higher among the branches of the tree that I
might get a better view of other portions of the cliff.
High above the ground I reached a point whence I
could see the summit of the hill. Evidently it was a flat-
topped butte similar to that on which dwelt the tribe
of Gr-gr-gr.
Pellucidar |
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: the world.
Cap'n Bill and Trot had both looked around expectantly
for the Wizard of Oz, but the evening was far advanced
before the famous little man entered the room. But he
went up to the strangers at once and said:
"I know you, but you don't know me; so let's get
acquainted."
And they did get acquainted, in a very short time, and
before the evening was over Trot felt that she knew every
person and animal present at the reception, and that they
were all her good friends.
The Scarecrow of Oz |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson: 'Madam - ' I began, but my voice failed me.
'Is it possible that you do not know your position?' she
returned, with a hateful laugh. 'How comical! Positively, I
must buy her. Accomplishments, I suppose?' she added,
turning to the servants.
Several assured her that the young mistress had been brought
up like any lady, for so it seemed in their inexperience.
'She would do very well for my place of business in Havana,'
said the Senora Mendizabal, once more studying me through her
glasses; 'and I should take a pleasure,' she pursued, more
directly addressing myself, 'in bringing you acquainted with
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