| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest: It is only a children's ride.
And never a cross-patch journeys there,
And never a pouting face,
For it is the Land of Smiling, where
A frown is a big disgrace.
Oh, you board the ship when the sun goes down,
And over a gentle sea
You slip away from the noisy town
To the land of the chocolate tree.
And there, till the sun comes over the hill,
You frolic and romp and play,
Just Folks |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Summer by Edith Wharton: scrambling down from the buggy.
She lifted her heavy eyes to his. "I'm going to see my
mother."
The two men glanced at each other, and for a moment
neither of them spoke.
Then Mr. Miles said: "You look ill, my dear, and it's a
long way. Do you think it's wise?"
Charity stood up. "I've got to go to her."
A vague mirthless grin contracted Liff Hyatt's face,
and Mr. Miles again spoke uncertainly. "You know,
then--you'd been told?"
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Father Goriot by Honore de Balzac: days ago; to-day is the 18th, I ought really to be paid a month
in advance; but if you will engage to pay for both, I shall be
quite satisfied."
"Why can't you trust him?"
"Trust him, indeed! If the old gentleman went off his head and
died, those daughters of his would not pay me a farthing, and his
things won't fetch ten francs. This morning he went out with all
the spoons and forks he has left, I don't know why. He had got
himself up to look quite young, and--Lord, forgive me--but I
thought he had rouge on his cheeks; he looked quite young again."
"I will be responsible," said Eugene, shuddering with horror, for
Father Goriot |
