| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Blix by Frank Norris:
"Now, Condy, what do you say to a little game of cards with me?"
The cigar dropped from Condy's lips, and he sat suddenly upright,
brushing the fallen leaves from his hair. Blix had taken a deck
of cards from the lunch-basket, and four rolls of chips wrapped in
tissue paper. He stared at her in speechless amazement.
"What do you say?" she repeated, looking at him and smiling.
"Why, Blix!" he exclaimed in amazement, "what do you mean?"
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from One Basket by Edna Ferber: mother's bedroom and stood at the side of the recumbent figure.
Her father, his hands clasped behind him, was pacing up and down,
now and then kicking a cushion that had fallen to the floor. He
was chewing a dead cigar, one side of his face twisted curiously
over the cylinder in his mouth so that he had a sinister and
crafty look.
"Charnsworth, won't you please stop ramping up and down like
that! My nerves are killing me. I can't help it if the war has
done something or other to your business. I'm sure no wife could
have been more economical than I have. Nothing matters but
Eugene, anyway. How could he do such a thing! I've given my
One Basket |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: lions?" asked Tarzan.
"No, Master," replied Otobu. "It is the parrots they are
calling."
They moved on rapidly in silence for a few minutes when
their attention was attracted by the flapping of the wings of a
bird above them. They looked up to discover a parrot circling
about over their heads.
"Here are the parrots, Otobu," said Tarzan with a grin.
"Do they expect to kill us with parrots?"
The Negro moaned as the bird darted suddenly ahead of
them toward the city wall. "Now indeed are we lost, Master,"
Tarzan the Untamed |
