| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Rinkitink In Oz by L. Frank Baum: tree and returned to the room where King Rinkitink
still slept.
The goat was browsing upon the grass but looked cross
and surly. When the boy said good morning as he passed,
Bilbil made no response whatever. As Inga entered the
room the King awoke and asked:
"What is that mysterious secret of yours? I've been
dreaming about it, and I haven't got my breath yet from
tugging at those heavy blocks. Tell me the secret."
"A secret told is no longer a secret," replied Inga,
with a laugh. "Besides, this is a family secret, which
Rinkitink In Oz |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Iliad by Homer: companies, and laid us down to rest each in his armour by the
river.
"The Epeans were beleaguering the city and were determined to
take it, but ere this might be there was a desperate fight in
store for them. When the sun's rays began to fall upon the earth
we joined battle, praying to Jove and to Minerva, and when the
fight had begun, I was the first to kill my man and take his
horses--to wit the warrior Mulius. He was son-in-law to Augeas,
having married his eldest daughter, golden-haired Agamede, who
knew the virtues of every herb which grows upon the face of the
earth. I speared him as he was coming towards me, and when he
The Iliad |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Summer by Edith Wharton: distant shelf.
"Oh, I say!" he exclaimed; and looking up she saw that
he had drawn out his handkerchief and was carefully
wiping the edges of the book in his hand. The action
struck her as an unwarranted criticism on her care of
the books, and she said irritably: "It's not my fault
if they're dirty."
He turned around and looked at her with reviving
interest. "Ah--then you're not the librarian?"
"Of course I am; but I can't dust all these books.
Besides, nobody ever looks at them, now Miss Hatchard's
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