| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum: the other. Then they both pulled and out from the heap of
popcorn came a little boy. He was dressed in a brown
velvet jacket and knickerbockers, with brown stockings,
buckled shoes and a blue shirt-waist that had frills down
its front. When drawn from the heap the boy was chewing a
mouthful of popcorn and both his hands were full of it.
So at first he couldn't speak to his rescuers but lay
quite still and eyed them calmly until he had swallowed
his mouthful. Then he said:
"Get my cap," and stuffed more popcorn into his mouth.
While the Bumpy Man began shoveling into the corn-bank
The Scarecrow of Oz |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas: "When I am convinced that the statement is false."
"What?"
"The thing is worth looking into, and I will take pains to
investigate the matter thoroughly."
"But what is there to investigate, sir?" said Albert,
enraged beyond measure at Beauchamp's last remark. "If you
do not believe that it is my father, say so immediately; and
if, on the contrary, you believe it to be him, state your
reasons for doing so." Beauchamp looked at Albert with the
smile which was so peculiar to him, and which in its
numerous modifications served to express every varied
The Count of Monte Cristo |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Riverman by Stewart Edward White: extra two feet of water; a two feet beyond all previous records.
Another crew stretched the fifteen inch manilla cables across the
field of logs in order to segregate them into several units of mass,
and so prevent them from piling up at the down-stream end of the
enclosure. The pile-driver began to drop its hammer at spots of
weakness. In spite of the accelerated current and the increased
volume of the river, everything was soon shipshape and safe.
"We're all right now," said Orde. "The only thing I'm a little
uneasy about is those confounded temporary booms upstream. Still
they're all right unless they get to piling up. Then we'll have to
see what we can do to hold them. I think as soon as the driver is
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