| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum: rescuing the good deer from punishment. To his delight he found his
old friend, the Master Woodsman, seated in the circle of Nymphs.
Ak listened to the story of the night journey to the children and of
the great assistance the deer had been to Claus by drawing his sledge
over the frozen snow.
"I do not wish my friends to be punished if I can save them," said the
toy-maker, when he had finished the relation. "They were only one
minute late, and they ran swifter than a bird flies to get home
before daybreak."
Ak stroked his beard thoughtfully a moment, and then sent for the
Prince of the Knooks, who rules all his people in Burzee, and also for
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Monster Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs: as he tried to gain his feet.
"Which way did he take her?" urged von Horn.
Sing's quick eyes scanned the surrounding jungle,
and in a moment, staggering to his feet, he cried,
"Look see, klick! Foot plint!" and ran, weak and
reeling drunkenly, along the broad trail made by
the giant creature and its prey.
Von Horn and Professor Maxon followed closely in
Sing's wake, the younger man horrified by the terrible
possibilities that obtruded themselves into his
imagination despite his every effort to assure himself
The Monster Men |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Gambara by Honore de Balzac: Nor were his hands alone employed; his feet were constantly at work
with complicated pedaling; his body swayed to and fro; the
perspiration poured down his face while he toiled to produce a great
/crescendo/ with the feeble means the thankless instrument placed at
his command. He stamped, puffed, shouted; his fingers were as swift as
the serpent's double tongue; and finally, at the last crash on the
keys, he fell back in his chair, resting his head on the top of it.
"/Per Bacco!/ I am quite stunned," said the Count as he left the
house. "A child dancing on the keyboard would make better music."
"Certainly mere chance could not more successfully avoid hitting two
notes in concord than that possessed creature has done during the past
Gambara |
