| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Young Forester by Zane Grey: as I paused, I beard angry voices, pitched high. But I could not make out
the words.
Curiosity got the better of me. If the men were hired by Buell I wanted to
know what they were quarrelling about. I stole stealthily from tree to
tree, and another hollow opened beneath me. It was so wide and the pines so
overshadowed it that I could not tell how close the opposite side might be
to the campfire. I slipped down along the edge of the trail. The blaze
disappeared. Only a faint arc of light showed through the gloom.
I peered keenly into the blackness. At length I reached the slope. Here I
dropped to my hands and knees.
It was a long crawl to the top. Reaching it, I cautiously peeped over.
The Young Forester |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain: reading the paper:
"I am a foreigner, and am presently going back to my own country, to
remain there permanently. I am grateful to America for what I have
received at her hands during my long stay under her flag; and to one
of her citizens--a citizen of Hadleyburg--I am especially grateful
for a great kindness done me a year or two ago. Two great
kindnesses in fact. I will explain. I was a gambler. I say I WAS.
I was a ruined gambler. I arrived in this village at night, hungry
and without a penny. I asked for help--in the dark; I was ashamed
to beg in the light. I begged of the right man. He gave me twenty
dollars--that is to say, he gave me life, as I considered it. He
The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol: of it?"
"On the contrary, everything is in splendid order, for my brother is
the best of managers."
"Then to find things wearisome!" exclaimed Chichikov. "It passes my
comprehension." And he shrugged his shoulders.
"Well, we will soon put weariness to flight," interrupted the host.
"Aleksasha, do you run helter-skelter to the kitchen, and there tell
the cook to serve the fish pasties. Yes, and where have that gawk of
an Emelian and that thief of an Antoshka got to? Why have they not
handed round the zakuski?"
At this moment the door opened, and the "gawk" and the "thief" in
Dead Souls |
