| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Princess of Parms by Edgar Rice Burroughs: erect, and had, like the green Martians, an intermediary set
of arms or legs, midway between their upper and lower limbs.
Their eyes were close together and non-protruding; their ears
were high set, but more laterally located than those of the
Martians, while their snouts and teeth were strikingly like
those of our African gorilla. Altogether they were not unlovely
when viewed in comparison with the green Martians.
The cudgel was swinging in the arc which ended upon my
upturned face when a bolt of myriad-legged horror hurled itself
through the doorway full upon the breast of my executioner.
With a shriek of fear the ape which held me leaped through
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert: the Suffet had discovered springs at the foot of the cliff. There was
a rush to the place. Water might be seen in holes dug in the sand, and
some were already lying flat on the ground and drinking.
Hamilcar did not himself know whether it was by the determination of
the gods or through the vague recollection of a revelation which his
father had once made to him; but on leaving the Ancients he had gone
down to the shore and had begun to dig the gravel with his slaves.
He gave clothing, boots, and wine. He gave all the rest of the corn
that he was keeping by him. He even let the crowd enter his palace,
and he opened kitchens, stores, and all the rooms,--Salammbo's alone
excepted. He announced that six thousand Gaulish Mercenaries were
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum: seconds, for she touched each one with her right hand
and instantly the fishes were transformed into three
tall and slender young women, with fine, intelligent
faces and clothed in handsome, clinging gowns. The one
who had been a goldfish had beautiful golden hair and
blue eyes and was exceedingly fair of skin; the one who
had been a bronzefish had dark brown hair and clear
gray eyes and her complexion matched these lovely
features. The one who had been a silverfish had snow-
white hair of the finest texture and deep brown eyes.
The hair contrasted exquisitely with her pink cheeks
Glinda of Oz |
