| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum: 10. How the Cuttenclips Lived
The travelers had taken no provisions with them because they knew that
they would be welcomed wherever they might go in the Land of Oz, and
that the people would feed and lodge them with genuine hospitality.
So about noon they stopped at a farm-house and were given a delicious
luncheon of bread and milk, fruits and wheat cakes with maple syrup.
After resting a while and strolling through the orchards with their
host--a round, jolly farmer--they got into the wagon and again started
the Sawhorse along the pretty, winding road.
There were signposts at all the corners, and finally they came to one
which read:
The Emerald City of Oz |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: into a mumble, his eyes dropping away from hers, his lids batting
rapidly as he fought back to sanity.
"I'm a cad," he muttered, dropping his head tiredly back into her
lap. "But not that big a cad. And if I did tell you, you wouldn't
believe me, would you? You're too good to believe me. I never
before knew anybody who was really good. You wouldn't believe me,
would you?"
"No, I wouldn't believe you," said Melanie soothingly, beginning to
stroke his hair again. "She's going to get well. There, Captain
Butler! Don't cry! She's going to get well."
CHAPTER LVII
Gone With the Wind |
