Take Five books
Interesting exercise.
1. Take five books off your bookshelf.
2. Book #1 -- first sentence
3. Book #2 -- last sentence on page fifty
4. Book #3 -- second sentence on page one hundred
5. Book #4 -- next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty
6. Book #5 -- final sentence of the book
7. Make the five sentences into a paragraph.
The Greeks who lived thousands of years ago, had wonderful stories to tell about gods, monsters and brave heroes. The Oz people took them all away from me-that horrid girl, Dorothy, and that terrible fairy, Ozma the ruler of OZ - at the time they took away my underground kingdom and kicked me upstairs into the cold, heartless word. Just praise is debt, but flattery is a present. By the time Fannie had washed up, he had baked steaming hot baking powder biscuits to go with the fried ham and gravy. And if there is anyway I can arrange it I will make the thing wink.
Greek Mythology, Magic of OZ, Book of Quotations, The Lady Rode Bucking Horses and Stiff.
1. Take five books off your bookshelf.
2. Book #1 -- first sentence
3. Book #2 -- last sentence on page fifty
4. Book #3 -- second sentence on page one hundred
5. Book #4 -- next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty
6. Book #5 -- final sentence of the book
7. Make the five sentences into a paragraph.
The Greeks who lived thousands of years ago, had wonderful stories to tell about gods, monsters and brave heroes. The Oz people took them all away from me-that horrid girl, Dorothy, and that terrible fairy, Ozma the ruler of OZ - at the time they took away my underground kingdom and kicked me upstairs into the cold, heartless word. Just praise is debt, but flattery is a present. By the time Fannie had washed up, he had baked steaming hot baking powder biscuits to go with the fried ham and gravy. And if there is anyway I can arrange it I will make the thing wink.
Greek Mythology, Magic of OZ, Book of Quotations, The Lady Rode Bucking Horses and Stiff.