| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Market-Place by Harold Frederic: Save for the forlorn masts of a couple of fishing boats,
beached under the shelter of the pier, there was no proof
in sight that this was a lake at all. It was as uninspiring
to the eye as a pool of drippings from umbrellas in a porch.
While her uncle and brother occupied themselves with
the luggage being brought up by the porters, she opened
a window and stepped out upon the tiny balcony.
A flaring sign on the inner framework of this balcony
besought her in Swiss-French, in the interests of order,
not to feed the birds. The injunction seemed meaningless
to her until she perceived, over by the water, several gulls
The Market-Place |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw: might be--
LORD SUMMERHAYS. His daughter: yes, I know.
HYPATIA. I was going to say his granddaughter.
LORD SUMMERHAYS. You always have one more blow to get in.
HYPATIA. Youre too sensitive. Did you ever make mud pies when you
were a kid--beg pardon: a child.
LORD SUMMERHAYS. I hope not.
HYPATIA. It's a dirty job; but Johnny and I were vulgar enough to
like it. I like young people because theyre not too afraid of dirt to
live. Ive grown out of the mud pies; but I like slang; and I like
bustling you up by saying things that shock you; and I'd rather put up
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: itself in a human form supine upon the floor.
Tarzan stepped closer and leaned over to examine it -- it
was the dead body of a naked warrior from whose chest pro-
truded a short spear. Then he searched carefully every square
foot of the remaining floor space and at last returned to the
body again where he stooped and smelled of the haft of the
weapon that had slain the black. A slow smile touched his
lips -- that and a slight movement of his head betokened that
he understood.
A rapid search of the balance of the village assured him that
the girl had escaped and a feeling of relief came over him
Tarzan the Untamed |
