| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from When the World Shook by H. Rider Haggard: to find ourselves in a very little time standing safe in the
caves of Nyo, breathless with the swiftness of our descent. How
and on what we descended neither I nor the others ever learned.
It was and must remain one of the unexplained mysteries of our
great experience.
"Whither now, Yva?" I asked, staring about me at the radiant
vastness.
"The Lord Oro would speak with you, Humphrey. Follow. And I
pray you all do not make him wrath, for his mood is not gentle."
So once more we proceeded down the empty streets of that
underground abode which, except that it was better illuminated,
When the World Shook |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Heritage of the Desert by Zane Grey: soon tired, and floundered behind till Naab ordered him to ride again.
Twilight came with the horses still toiling.
"There! thankful I am when we get off that strip! But, Jack, that
trailless waste prevents a night raid on my home. Even the Navajos shun
it after dark. We'll be home sooth. There's my sign. See? Night or
day we call it the Blue Star."
High in the black cliff a star-shaped, wind-worn hole let the blue sky
through.
There was cheer in Naab's "Getup," now, and the horses quickened with it.
Their iron-shod hoofs struck fire from the rosy road. "Easy, easy--
soho!" cried Naab to his steeds. In the pitchy blackness under the
The Heritage of the Desert |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Lost Continent by Edgar Rice Burroughs: breast, didn't stop her.
Screaming with pain and rage, the creature fairly flew
toward us. Behind her came other lions. Our case looked
hopeless. We were upon the brink of the river. There
seemed no avenue of escape, and I knew that even my modern
automatic rifle was inadequate in the face of so many of
these fierce beasts.
To remain where we were would have been suicidal. We were
both standing now, Victory keeping her place bravely at my
side, when I reached the only decision open to me.
Seizing the girl's hand, I turned, just as the lioness
Lost Continent |
