| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Heap O' Livin' by Edgar A. Guest: as they will go,
And the red cheeks of the apples everywhere
begin to show;
Now the supper's scarcely over ere the dark-
ness settles down
And the moon looms big and yellow at the
edges of the town;
Oh, it's good to see the children, when their
little prayers are said,
Duck beneath the patchwork covers when they
tumble into bed.
A Heap O' Livin' |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: doubt, to the fact that much of their lives is spent within
the shadow of the world that hangs forever above their
country.
A little in advance of the others was a bearded fel-
low tricked out in many ornaments. I didn't need to
ask to know that he was the chieftain--doubtless Goork,
father of Kolk. Now to him I addressed myself.
"I am David," I said, "Emperor of the Federated
Kingdoms of Pellucidar. Doubtless you have heard of
me?"
He nodded his head affirmatively.
Pellucidar |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum: any sort, and his only ornament was a broad, jewel-studded belt that
encircled his fat little body. As for his features, they seemed
kindly and good humored, and his eyes were turned merrily upon his
visitors as Ozma and Dorothy stood before him with their followers
ranged in close order behind them.
"Why, he looks just like Santa Claus--only he isn't the same color!"
whispered Dorothy to her friend; but the Nome King heard the speech,
and it made him laugh aloud.
"'He had a red face and a round little belly
That shook when he laughed like a bowl full of jelly!'"
quoth the monarch, in a pleasant voice; and they could all see that he
Ozma of Oz |
