| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Rinkitink In Oz by L. Frank Baum: The old woman stopped sweeping and looked at him in a
stupid way, for she was not very intelligent.
"Do you mean the one odd shoe that was lying on the
floor when I came in?" she finally asked.
"Yes -- yes!" answered the boy. "Where is it? Tell me
where it is!"
"Why, I threw it on the dust-heap, outside the back
gate," said she, "for, it being but a single shoe, with
no mate, it can be of no use to anyone."
"Show us the way to the dust-heap -- at once!"
commanded the boy, sternly, for he was greatly
Rinkitink In Oz |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs: and with a cry of: "Here's two more for the fishes," rushed
toward them with uplifted ax.
But Black Michael was even quicker, so that the fellow
went down with a bullet in his back before he had taken a
half dozen steps.
With a loud roar, Black Michael attracted the attention of
the others, and, pointing to Lord and Lady Greystoke, cried:
"These here are my friends, and they are to be left alone.
D'ye understand?
"I'm captain of this ship now, an' what I says goes," he
added, turning to Clayton. "Just keep to yourselves, and
Tarzan of the Apes |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne: and the projectiles, labouring through the ambient water,
were extinguished with a strange hissing noise.
"My friends," said I, "the moment is come. One grasp of the hand,
and may God protect us!"
Ned Land was resolute, Conseil calm, myself so nervous
that I knew not how to contain myself. We all passed into
the library; but the moment I pushed the door opening on to
the central staircase, I heard the upper panel close sharply.
The Canadian rushed on to the stairs, but I stopped him.
A well-known hissing noise told me that the water was running
into the reservoirs, and in a few minutes the Nautilus
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea |
