| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells: the dense growth of stems and twining vines and splashes of fungus
and flowers closed in again. Before me, squatting together upon
the fungoid ruins of a huge fallen tree and still unaware of my approach,
were three grotesque human figures. One was evidently a female;
the other two were men. They were naked, save for swathings
of scarlet cloth about the middle; and their skins were of a dull
pinkish-drab colour, such as I had seen in no savages before.
They had fat, heavy, chinless faces, retreating foreheads,
and a scant bristly hair upon their heads. I never saw such
bestial-looking creatures.
They were talking, or at least one of the men was talking to the other two,
The Island of Doctor Moreau |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs: horsemen became distinguishable, they saw that it was
the Outlaw of Torn.
Now he was close upon them, and had there been
any doubt before, the wild battle cry which rang from
a thousand fierce throats turned the hopes of the
royalists cold within their breasts.
"For De Montfort! For De Montfort!" and "Down
with Henry!" rang loud and clear above the din of
battle.
Instantly the tide turned, and it was by only the bar-
est chance that the King himself escaped capture, and
The Outlaw of Torn |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Redheaded Outfield by Zane Grey: last game of the trip, and it was Rube's turn to
pitch. Several times during the first two days
the Rube and Nan about half made up their
quarrel, only in the end to fall deeper into it.
Then the last straw came in a foolish move on the
part of wilful Nan. She happened to meet Henderson,
her former admirer, and in a flash she
took up her flirtation with him where she had left
off.
``Don't go to the game with him, Nan,'' I
pleaded. ``It's a silly thing for you to do. Of
The Redheaded Outfield |
