| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum: but Files tried to cheer them, saying:
"It may not be a Rak, after all, that we see
approaching us, and you must not forget that we
people of Oogaboo, which is part of the fairyland
of Oz, cannot be killed."
"Nevertheless," said Captain Buttons, "if the
Rak catches us, and chews us up into small pieces,
and swallows us--what will happen then?"
"Then each small piece will still be alive,"
declared Files.
"I cannot see how that would help us," wailed
Tik-Tok of Oz |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Little Britain by Washington Irving: took fire at it, and did so persecute the poor Gaul that he was
fain to pack up fiddle and dancing-pumps, and decamp with
such precipitation that he absolutely forgot to pay for his
lodgings.
I had flattered myself, at first, with the idea that all this
fiery
indignation on the part of the community was merely the
overflowing of their zeal for good old English manners, and
their horror of innovation; and I applauded the silent contempt
they were so vociferous in expressing, for upstart pride, French
fashions, and the Miss Lambs. But I grieve to say that I soon
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: As he charged again he uttered a peculiar whistling noise
from between his set teeth. To the American it sounded like
the hissing of a snake, and as he would have met a snake he
met the venomous attack of the old man.
When the short battle was over the Blentz servitor lay
unconscious upon the floor, while above him leaned the
American, uninjured, ripping long strips from a sheet torn
from the bed, twisting them into rope-like strands and, with
them, binding the wrists and ankles of his defeated foe.
Finally he stuffed a gag between the toothless gums.
Running to the wardrobe, he discovered that the king's
The Mad King |
