| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from O Pioneers! by Willa Cather: and went slowly toward the house, crying
bitterly.
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On Sunday afternoon, a month after Carl
Linstrum's arrival, he rode with Emil up into
the French country to attend a Catholic fair.
O Pioneers! |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Life of the Spider by J. Henri Fabre: amongst the lavender below. Do not be too easily disheartened:
the Clotho is rare; not every spot suits her. If fortune smile at
last upon our perseverance, we shall see, clinging to the lower
surface of the stone which we have lifted, an edifice of a weather-
beaten aspect, shaped like an over-turned cupola and about the size
of half a tangerine orange. The outside is encrusted or hung with
small shells, particles of earth and, especially, dried insects.
The edge of the cupola is scalloped into a dozen angular lobes, the
points of which spread and are fixed to the stone. In between
these straps is the same number of spacious inverted arches. The
whole represents the Ishmaelite's camel-hair tent, but upside down.
The Life of the Spider |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Peter Pan by James M. Barrie: THE NEVER BIRD
The last sound Peter heard before he was quite alone were the
mermaids retiring one by one to their bedchambers under the sea.
He was too far away to hear their doors shut; but every door in
the coral caves where they live rings a tiny bell when it opens
or closes (as in all the nicest houses on the mainland), and he
heard the bells.
Steadily the waters rose till they were nibbling at his feet;
and to pass the time until they made their final gulp, he watched
the only thing on the lagoon. He thought it was a piece of
floating paper, perhaps part of the kite, and wondered idly how
Peter Pan |
