| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Life of the Spider by J. Henri Fabre: either side. Thinking more of their prison than of attacking each
other, they temporize, as though indifferent. The experiment has
always been fruitless. I have succeeded with Bees and Wasps, but
the murder has been committed at night and has taught me nothing.
I would find both insects, next morning, reduced to a jelly under
the Spider's mandibles. A weak prey is a mouthful which the Spider
reserves for the calm of the night. A prey capable of resistance
is not attacked in captivity. The prisoner's anxiety cools the
hunter's ardour.
The arena of a large bottle enables each athlete to keep out of the
other's way, respected by her adversary, who is respected in her
The Life of the Spider |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Grimm's Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm: My wife Ilsabill
Will have her own will,
And hath sent me to beg a boon of thee!'
'Well, what would she have now?' said the fish. 'Alas!' said the poor
man, 'my wife wants to be king.' 'Go home,' said the fish; 'she is
king already.'
Then the fisherman went home; and as he came close to the palace he
saw a troop of soldiers, and heard the sound of drums and trumpets.
And when he went in he saw his wife sitting on a throne of gold and
diamonds, with a golden crown upon her head; and on each side of her
stood six fair maidens, each a head taller than the other. 'Well,
Grimm's Fairy Tales |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: One was the Big Bwana and the other The Sheik. A single glance
he took at that gaunt, familiar figure and then he turned tail
and scurried back to his canoe calling his followers after him.
And so it happened that the party was well out in the stream before
The Sheik reached the shore, and after a volley and a few parting
shots that were returned from the canoes the Arab called his
men off and securing his prisoner set off toward the South.
One of the bullets from Malbihn's force had struck a black
standing in the village street where he had been left with
another to guard Meriem, and his companions had left him where
he had fallen, after appropriating his apparel and belongings.
The Son of Tarzan |
