| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from McTeague by Frank Norris: cent.
Invested in this fashion, Trina's winning would bring in
twenty-five dollars a month. But, besides this, Trina had
her own little trade. She made Noah's ark animals for Uncle
Oelbermann's store. Trina's ancestors on both sides were
German-Swiss, and some long-forgotten forefather of the
sixteenth century, some worsted-leggined wood-carver of the
Tyrol, had handed down the talent of the national industry,
to reappear in this strangely distorted guise.
She made Noah's ark animals, whittling them out of a block
of soft wood with a sharp jack-knife, the only instrument
McTeague |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from One Basket by Edna Ferber: up to be slapped, God bless the boy in you----
A sharp little sound from him. Miss Kate looked up, quickly.
Chet Ball was staring at the beady-eyed yellow chicken in his
hand.
"What's this thing?" he demanded in a strange voice.
Miss Kate answered him very quietly, trying to keep her own voice
easy and natural. "That's a toy chicken, cut out of wood."
"What'm I doin' with it?"
"You've just finished painting it."
Chet Ball held it in his great hand and stared at it for a brief
moment, struggling between anger and amusement. And between
One Basket |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from American Notes by Rudyard Kipling: whole. No man catches a snake by the tail, because the creature
will sting; but you can build a fire around a snake that will
make it squirm.
The country is supposed to be building a navy now. When the
ships are completed her alliance will be worth having--if the
alliance of any republic can be relied upon. For the next three
years she can be hurt, and badly hurt. Pity it is that she is of
our own blood, looking at the matter from a Pindarris point of
view. Dog cannot eat dog.
These sinful reflections were prompted by the sight of the
beautifully unprotected condition of Buffalo--a city that could
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