| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Light of Western Stars by Zane Grey: bronco that they called Devil. Every day for a week Devil threw
the Englishman all over the park, ruined his clothes, bruised
him, and finally kicked him. Then the cowboys solicitously tried
to make Castleton give up; and this was remarkable enough, for
the spectacle of an English lord on a bucking bronco was one that
any Westerner would have ridden a thousand miles to see.
Whenever Devil threw Castleton the cowboys went into spasms. But
Castleton did not know the meaning of the word fail, and there
came a day when Devil could not throw him. Then it was a
singular sight to see the men line up to shake hands with the
cool Englishman. Even Stewart, who had watched from the
The Light of Western Stars |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: "We talked then, and I offered to make the attempt to
take her away and back to the land of Sari, where she
told me she would be able to learn the whereabouts of
her mate. Just now I was going to the other end of the
island to see if a boat lay there, and if the way was
clear for our escape. Most of the boats are always away
now, for a great many of Hooja's men and nearly all the
slaves are upon the Island of Trees, where Hooja is hav-
ing many boats built to carry his warriors across the
water to the mouth of a great river which he discovered
while he was returning from Phutra--a vast river that
Pellucidar |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs: deposited in the shallows of the beach. There were casks of
fresh water, kegs of biscuit, clothing, tinned meats, and a
similar heterogeneous mass of flotsam. This arduous labor
consumed the best part of the afternoon, and it was not until it
had been completed that Divine and his party returned to the
beach.
They reported that they had discovered a spring of fresh
water some three miles east of the cove and about half a mile
inland, but it was decided that no attempt be made to transport
the salvage of the party to the new camp site until the
following morning.
The Mucker |
