| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Long Odds by H. Rider Haggard: looked in every possible direction, with my heart in my mouth, and was
at last rewarded by catching a glimpse of something yellow moving behind
a bush. At the same moment, from another bush opposite me out burst one
of the cubs and galloped back towards the burnt pan. I whipped round
and let drive a snap shot that tipped him head over heels, breaking his
back within two inches of the root of the tail, and there he lay
helpless but glaring. Tom afterwards killed him with his assegai. I
opened the breech of the gun and hurriedly pulled out the old case,
which, to judge from what ensued, must, I suppose, have burst and left a
portion of its fabric sticking to the barrel. At any rate, when I tried
to, get in the new cartridge it would only enter half-way; and--would
Long Odds |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Book of Remarkable Criminals by H. B. Irving: manner. Her comments, written to her sister, on her fellow
guests at the hotel are caustic. She mocks at some respectable
married women who are trying to convert her to Catholicism. To
others who refuse her recognition, she makes herself so
mischievous and objectionable that in self-defence they are
frightened into acknowledging her. Admirers among men she has
many, ex-ministers, prefects. It was at Vittel that
occurred the incident of the wounded pigeon. There had been some
pigeon-shooting. One of the wounded birds flew into the room of
the Baroness de la Cour. She took pity on it, tended it, taught
it not to be afraid of her and to stay in her room. So touching
A Book of Remarkable Criminals |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Twilight Land by Howard Pyle: silversmiths, jewellers--as though all the riches of the world
had been emptied into the city. Crowds of people--lords,
noblemen, courtiers, rich merchants, and tradesmen.
Beppo stared about at the fine sights and everybody stared at
Beppo, for his shoes were dusty, his clothes were travel-stained,
and a razor had not touched his face for a week.
The king of that country was walking in the garden under the
shade of the trees, and the sunlight slanted down upon him, and
sparkled upon the jewels around his neck and on his fingers. Two
dogs walked alongside of him, and a whole crowd of lords and
nobles and courtiers came behind him; first of all the
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