| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Faith of Men by Jack London: his arm, followed the animal up, inch by inch, step by step, till
there was no further retreat.
At first Batard would crowd himself into the smallest possible
space, grovelling close to the floor; but as the music came nearer
and nearer, he was forced to uprear, his back jammed into the logs,
his fore legs fanning the air as though to beat off the rippling
waves of sound. He still kept his teeth together, but severe
muscular contractions attacked his body, strange twitchings and
jerkings, till he was all a-quiver and writhing in silent torment.
As he lost control, his jaws spasmodically wrenched apart, and deep
throaty vibrations issued forth, too low in the register of sound
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Rinkitink In Oz by L. Frank Baum: "The stones were not as big as mountains, sire," said
the Prince with a smile. "They were, indeed, no larger
than your head."
"Are you sure about that?" asked Rinkitink.
"Quite sure, Your Majesty."
"How deceptive those things are!" sighed the King.
"This argument reminds me of the story of Tom Tick,
which my father used to tell."
"I have never heard that story," Inga answered.
"Well, as he told it, it ran like this:
"When Tom walked out, the sky to spy,
Rinkitink In Oz |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Riverman by Stewart Edward White: had calmed.
"Look here," he called to Gerald, "I don't understand this game very
well. At school we used 'taps.' Is a man supposed to hit hard?"
Gerald hesitated, then looked beyond Orde to the gallery. To a man
it made frantic and silent demonstration.
"Of course you hit," he replied. "You can't hurt any one with those
big gloves."
Orde turned back to his antagonist. The latter advanced once more,
his bullet head sunk between his shoulders, his little eyes
twinkling. Evidently Mr. Bishop's friend would now take the
aggressive, and forward movement would deliver an extra force to the
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