| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Whirligigs by O. Henry: narrow, glimmered in the sun at the rear. Further away
stood the shacks of the Mexican workers, the corrals,
wool sheds and shearing pens. To the right lay the low
hills, splattered with dark patches of chaparral; to the
left the unbounded green prairie blending against the blue
heavens.
"It's a home, Teddy," said Octavia, breathlessly;
that's what it is -- it's a home."
"Not so bad for a sheep ranch," admitted Teddy, with
excusable pride. "I've been tinkering on it at odd times."
A Mexican youth sprang from somewhere in the grass,
|
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Foolish Virgin by Thomas Dixon: his hand. It was inconceivable until experienced--this
awful joy! Her spirit sank with childish
disappointment as he slowly lowered the power.
"Got to take a sharp curve down there," he
explained. "We turn to the right for the meadows and
the Beach--how was that?"
"Wonderful," she cried, with dancing eyes. "Let
her go again if you want to--I'm game--now."
Jim laughed.
"A little rattled at first?"
"Yes----"
|
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Oakdale Affair by Edgar Rice Burroughs: comin'! IT's comin'!"
"Oh, let the poor things in," pleaded the girl on the
bed. She was, herself, trembling with terror.
"No funny business, now, if I let you in," commanded
Bridge.
"On the square," came the quick and earnest reply.
The THING had reached the head of the stairs when
Bridge dragged the bed aside and drew the bolt. In-
stantly two figures hurled themselves into the room but
turned immediately to help Bridge resecure the door-
way.
The Oakdale Affair |
