| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Reminiscences of Tolstoy by Leo Tolstoy: twenty paces away, would jump up a gray hare as if from the
bowels of the earth.
The dogs had seen it before we had, and had started forward
already in full pursuit. We began to bawl, "Tally-ho! tally-ho!"
like madmen, flogging our horses with all our might, and flying
after them.
¹The balks are the banks dividing the fields of
different owners or crops. Hedges are not used for this purpose
in Russia.
The dogs would come up with the hare, turn it, then turn it
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Chronicles of the Canongate by Walter Scott: horse was taken prisoner, and carried to Carlisle, where he was
tried and condemned. To extort a discovery of the person who
sent the horse, threats of immediate execution in case of
refusal, and offers of pardon on his giving information, were
held out ineffectually to the faithful messenger. He knew, he
said, what the consequence of a disclosure would be to his
master, and his own life was nothing in the comparison. When
brought out for execution, he was again pressed to inform on his
master. He asked if they were serious in supposing him such a
villain. If he did what they desired, and forgot his master and
his trust, he could not return to his native country, for
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Betty Zane by Zane Grey: was blind to all save that he held her in his arms, that uncertainty was gone
forever, and that he loved her. With these thoughts running riot in his brain
he carried her down the hill to Colonel Zane's house.
The negro, Sam, who came out of the kitchen, dropped the bucket he had in his
hand and ran into the house when he saw them. When Alfred reached the gate
Colonel Zane and Isaac were hurrying out to meet him.
"For Heaven's sake! What has happened? Is she badly hurt? I have always looked
for this," said the Colonel, excitedly.
"You need not look so alarmed," answered Alfred. "She has only sprained her
ankle, and trying to walk afterward hurt her so badly that she became faint
and I had to carry her."
Betty Zane |
