| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Wyoming by William MacLeod Raine: "I'd hate to feel as sore as Reddy will when the boys get through
playing with him after he gets back to the ranch," Denver
contributed, when he had exhausted his vocabulary.
Meanwhile Reddy, unaware of being a cause of offense, was
cheerfully happy in the unexpected honor that had been thrust
upon him. His will was of putty, molded into the opinion of
whomever he happened at the moment to be with. Just now, with the
ironic eye of Sheriff Burns upon him, he was strong for law
enforcement.
"A feller hadn't ought to be so promiscuous with his hardware.
This here thing of shooting up citizens don't do Wyoming no good
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy: Charles the Second said, like a common man, as he rode away, "if
ever I come to the crown, you come to court, knock at the door,
and say out bold, 'Is King Charles the Second at home?' Tell your
name, and they shall let you in, and you shall be made a lord."
Now, that was very nice of Master Charley?'
'Very nice indeed.'
'Well, as the story is, the king came to the throne; and some
years after that, away went Hedger Luxellian, knocked at the
king's door, and asked if King Charles the Second was in. "No, he
isn't," they said. "Then, is Charles the Third?" said Hedger
Luxellian. "Yes," said a young feller standing by like a common
A Pair of Blue Eyes |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Self-Made Monkey
The Patriot and the Banker
The Mourning Brothers
The Disinterested Arbiter
The Thief and the Honest Man
The Dutiful Son
Aesopus Emendatus
The Cat and the Youth
The Farmer and His Sons
Jupiter and the Baby Show
The Man and the Dog
Fantastic Fables |
