| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: who flinches from every approach, expecting al-
ways a kick or a blow. On the other hand, his
affection for the animals who share his daily work
is one of the most attractive points in his char-
acter, and one which Tolstoy never wearied of
emphasising--describing, with the simple pathos
of which he was master, the moujik inured to his
own privations but pitiful to his horse, shielding
him from the storm with his own coat, or saving
him from starvation with his own meagre ration;
and mindful of him even in his prayers, invoking,
The Forged Coupon |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: knight."
"Thou art an old bear!" muttered Myles to himself, as the old
one-eyed knight turned on his heel and strode away. "Beshrew me!
an I show thee not that I am as worthy to couch a lance as thou
one of these fine days!"
However, during the last of the three years the grinding routine
of his training had not been quite so severe as at first. His
exercises took him more often out into the fields, and it was
during this time of his knightly education that he sometimes rode
against some of the castle knights in friendly battle with sword
or lance or wooden mace. In these encounters he always held his
Men of Iron |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum: stretching out their arms. Toto had run on ahead,
frisking playfully, when suddenly he uttered a
sharp bark of fear and came running back to them
with his tail between his legs, as dogs do when
they are frightened.
"Ah," said the Scarecrow, who was leading
the way, "we must be near Yoop."
Just then, as he rounded a sharp turn, the
Straw man stopped so suddenly that all the
others bumped against him.
"What is it?" asked Dorothy, standing on
The Patchwork Girl of Oz |
