| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Little Rivers by Henry van Dyke: the lake, lived in his hut on the shore, and flogged the water,
early and late, every day with his home-made flies. He was
anchored in his dugout close beside us, and grinned with delight as
he saw his over-educated trout refuse my best casts. "They are
here, M'sieu', for you can see them," he said, by way of
discouragement, "but it is difficult to take them. Do you not find
it so?"
In the back of my fly-book I discovered a tiny phantom minnow--a
dainty affair of varnished silk, as light as a feather--and quietly
attached it to the leader in place of the tail-fly. Then the fun
began.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad: Cloete really had found a man for the job. Believe it or not, he
had found him inside the very boarding-house he lodged in -
somewhere about Tottenham Court Road. He had noticed down-stairs a
fellow - a boarder and not a boarder - hanging about the dark -
part of the passage mostly; sort of 'man of the house,' a slinking
chap. Black eyes. White face. The woman of the house - a widow
lady, she called herself - very full of Mr. Stafford; Mr. Stafford
this and Mr. Stafford that. . . Anyhow, Cloete one evening takes
him out to have a drink. Cloete mostly passed away his evenings in
saloon bars. No drunkard, though, Cloete; for company; liked to
talk to all sorts there; just habit; American fashion.
Within the Tides |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Enchanted Island of Yew by L. Frank Baum: ever existed apart for a single moment.
They were very pleasant and agreeable to their new friends, and when
they heard that Prince Marvel was about to leave them to seek new
adventures they said:
"Please take us with you! It seems to us that we ought to know something
of the big outside world from whence you came. If we see other kingdoms
and people we shall be better able to rule our own wisely."
"That seems reasonable," answered Marvel, "and I shall be very glad to
have you accompany me. But who will rule the Land of Twi in your absence?"
"The Ki-Ki shall be the rulers," answered the High Ki, "and we will
take the Ki with us."
The Enchanted Island of Yew |
