| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum: "I did that because they came from the Emerald City," replied the
King; "and I had no green ornaments in my collection until now. I
think they will look quite pretty, mixed with the others. Don't you?"
The Steward gave an angry grunt.
"Have your own way, since you are the King," he growled. "But if you
come to grief through your carelessness, remember that I told you so.
If I wore the magic belt which enables you to work all your
transformations, and gives you so much other power, I am sure I would
make a much wiser and better King than you are."
"Oh, cease your tiresome chatter!" commanded the King, getting angry
again. "Because you are my Chief Steward you have an idea you can
Ozma of Oz |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad: of a prison--they looked with their air of hidden knowledge,
of patient expectation, of unapproachable silence.
The Russian was explaining to me that it was only lately
that Mr. Kurtz had come down to the river, bringing along
with him all the fighting men of that lake tribe. He had been
absent for several months--getting himself adored, I suppose--
and had come down unexpectedly, with the intention to all appearance
of making a raid either across the river or down stream.
Evidently the appetite for more ivory had got the better of the--
what shall I say?--less material aspirations. However he had
got much worse suddenly. `I heard he was lying helpless,
Heart of Darkness |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: festin.
SALOME. Je n'y retournerai pas.
LE JEUNE SYRIEN. Pardon, princesse, mais si vous n'y retourniez pas
il pourrait arriver un malheur.
SALOME. Est-ce un vieillard, le prophete?
LE JEUNE SYRIEN. Princesse, il vaudrait mieux retourner.
Permettez-moi de vous reconduire.
SALOME. Le prophete . . . est-ce un vieillard?
PREMIER SOLDAT. Non, princesse, c'est un tout jeune homme.
SECOND SOLDAT. On ne le sait pas. Il y en a qui disent que c'est
Elie?
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