| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane: ing larger, as the orbs of a row of dragons ad-
vancing. He turned toward the colonel and saw
him lift his gigantic arm and calmly stroke his
mustache.
At last he heard from along the road at the
foot of the hill the clatter of a horse's galloping
hoofs. It must be the coming of orders. He
bent forward, scarce breathing. The exciting
clickety-click, as it grew louder and louder,
seemed to be beating upon his soul. Presently a
horseman with jangling equipment drew rein be-
The Red Badge of Courage |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs: shouldn't have thought so too. I suppose I shouldn't blame
them, and I don't; but I wouldn't have left them that way and
not come back. They had a warship full of blue jackets and
marines--there wouldn't have been much danger to them."
Presently it occurred to him that the party may have
returned to the coast to get the marines, and that even now
they were searching for him. He hastened to return to the
mainland, and once more he took up his wearisome journey.
That night he reached the coast. Early the next morning he
commenced his search for the man-of-war. By walking entirely
around the island he should find her he felt sure.
The Mucker |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum: the rock and drew out several tallow candles and a box
of wax matches, which he thrust into the capacious
pockets of his "sou'wester." This sou'wester was a
short coat of oilskin which the old sailor wore on all
occasions -- when he wore a coat at all -- and the
pockets always contained a variety of objects, useful
and ornamental, which made even Trot wonder where they
all came from and why Cap'n Bill should treasure them.
The jackknives -- a big one and a little one -- the bits
of cord, the fishhooks, the nails: these were handy to
have on certain occasions. But bits of shell, and tin
The Scarecrow of Oz |
