| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: wished she might see a lion, close to, make a kill and feed
upon it. God! how realistically her wish had been granted.
Again she bethought herself of her pistol. As she had
fallen, the holster had slipped around so that the weapon now
lay beneath her. Very slowly she reached for it; but in so
doing she was forced to raise her body from the ground.
Instantly the lion was aroused. With the swiftness of a cat
he reached across the carcass of the horse and placed a heavy,
taloned paw upon her breast, crushing her back to earth, and
all the time he growled and snarled horribly. His face was a
picture of frightful rage incarnate. For a moment neither
Tarzan the Untamed |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Horse's Tale by Mark Twain: horse! Known from the Canadian border to the deserts of Arizona,
and from the eastern marches of the Great Plains to the foot-hills
of the Sierra! Truly this is a memorable day. You still serve the
celebrated Chief of Scouts?"
"I am still his property, but he has lent me, for a time, to the
most noble, the most gracious, the most excellent, her Excellency
Catherine, Corporal-General Seventh Cavalry and Flag-Lieutenant
Ninth Dragoons, U.S.A., - on whom be peace!"
"Amen. Did you say HER Excellency?"
"The same. A Spanish lady, sweet blossom of a ducal house. And
truly a wonder; knowing everything, capable of everything; speaking
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: From the talk which he overheard he learned that they
had come to choose a new king--their late chief had fallen a
hundred feet beneath a broken limb to an untimely end.
Tarzan walked to the end of an overhanging limb in
plain view of them. The quick eyes of a female caught
sight of him first. With a barking guttural she called
the attention of the others. Several huge bulls stood
erect to get a better view of the intruder. With bared
fangs and bristling necks they advanced slowly toward him,
with deep-throated, ominous growls.
"Karnath, I am Tarzan of the Apes," said the ape-man in
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