| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy: down, covered half the floor of this little habitation, and
here the young man stretched himself along, loosened
his woollen cravat, and closed his eyes. In about the
time a person unaccustomed to bodily labour would have
decided upon which side to lie, Farmer Oak was asleep.
The inside of the hut, as it now presented itself, was
cosy and alluring, and the scarlet handful of fire in
addition to the candle, reflecting its own genial colour
upon whatever it could reach, flung associations of
enjoyment even over utensils and tools. In the corner
stood the sheep-crook, and along a shelf at one side
Far From the Madding Crowd |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Betty Zane by Zane Grey: grist-mill, around the fort and then out on the river bluff. The Indian pony
was fiery and mettlesome. He pranced and side-stepped, galloped and trotted by
turns. He seemed as glad to get out again into the warm sunshine as was Betty
herself. He tore down the road a mile at his best speed. Coming back Betty
pulled him into a walk. Presently her musings were interrupted by a sharp
switch in the face from a twig of a tree. She stopped the pony and broke off
the offending branch. As she looked around the recollection of what had
happened to her in that very spot flashed into her mind. It was here that she
had been stopped by the man who had passed almost as swiftly out of her life
as he had crossed her path that memorable afternoon. She fell to musing on the
old perplexing question. After all could there not have been some mistake?
Betty Zane |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum: by deceiving this sorceress, clever as she thinks herself."
"Don't you think it will be safer for me to deliver you into her hands?"
asked Jinjur, nervously.
"If you do, it will cost you the throne of the Emerald City!" answered the
witch, positively. "But if you will let me have my own way, I can save us
both very easily."
"Then do as you please," replied Jinjur, "for it is so aristocratic to be a
Queen that I do not wish to be obliged to return home again, to make beds
and wash dishes for my mother."
So Mombi called Jellia Jamb to her, and performed a certain magical rite
with which she was familiar. As a result of the enchantment Jellia took on
The Marvelous Land of Oz |
