| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: latest mauling he had received at the claws of the lion, had lost
consciousness as he sank to the ground with this new hurt.
As he fell his pistol dropped from his fingers, and the girl,
seeing, snatched it up. As Tarzan struggled to rise, one of the
warriors leaped full upon his breast and bore him back as, with
fiendish shrieks, he raised the point of his saber above the
other's heart. Before he could drive it home the girl leveled
Smith-Oldwick's pistol and fired point-blank at the fiend's
face.
Simultaneously there broke upon the astonished ears of both
attackers and attacked a volley of shots from the gorge. With
Tarzan the Untamed |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum: "The Jackdaws are coming! And if they find us here they will surely kill us
in their anger."
"I was afraid of this!" moaned the Pumpkinhead. "My time has come!"
"And mine, also!" said the Woggle-Bug; "for Jackdaws are the greatest
enemies of my race."
The others were not at all afraid; but the Scarecrow at once decided to save
those of the party who were liable to be injured by the angry birds. So he
commanded Tip to take off Jack's head and lie down with it in the bottom of
the nest, and when this was done he ordered the Woggle-Bug to lie beside
Tip. Nick Chopper, who knew from past experience Just what to do, then took
the Scarecrow to pieces (all except his head) and scattered the straw over
The Marvelous Land of Oz |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Pupil by Henry James: "And I'm part of yours."
"A very important part. But I don't see how you know that I've
been treated like Zenobie."
"Do you take me for the biggest dunce you've known?" Morgan asked.
"Haven't I been conscious of what we've been through together?"
"What we've been through?"
"Our privations - our dark days."
"Oh our days have been bright enough."
Morgan went on in silence for a moment. Then he said: "My dear
chap, you're a hero!"
"Well, you're another!" Pemberton retorted.
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