| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Enchanted Island of Yew by L. Frank Baum: "The High Ki are not visible to the people of Twi. Only in cases of
the greatest importance are the High Ki ever bothered or even
approached by the Ki and the Ki-Ki, who are supposed to rule the land
according to their own judgment. But if they chance to disagree, then
the matter is carried before the High Ki, who live in a palace
surrounded by high walls, in which there are no gates. Only these
rulers have ever seen the other side of the walls, or know what the
High Ki are like."
"That is strange," said the prince. "But we, ourselves, it seems, are
to see the High Ki to-morrow, and whoever they may chance to be, we
hope to remain alive after the interview."
The Enchanted Island of Yew |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Malbone: An Oldport Romance by Thomas Wentworth Higginson: something. Ask him."
The fisherman had indeed seen Lambert's boat, which was well
known. Something seemed to be the matter with the sail, but
before the storm struck her, it had been hauled down. They
must have taken in water enough, as it was. He had himself
been obliged to bail out three times, running in from the reef.
"Was there any landing which they could reach?" Harry asked.
There was none,--but the light-ship lay right in their track,
and if they had good luck, they might get aboard of her.
"The boatman?" said Philip, anxiously,--"Mr. Lambert's boatman;
is he a good sailor?"
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton: sentimental life: that to be differed with is exasperating, and
to be agreed with monotonous.
Once more he began to wonder if he were not fundamentally
unfitted for the married state; and was saved from despair only
by remembering that Susy's subjection to his moods was not
likely to last. But even then it never occurred to him to
reflect that his apprehensions were superfluous, since their tie
was avowedly a temporary one. Of the special understanding on
which their marriage had been based not a trace remained in his
thoughts of her; the idea that he or she might ever renounce
each other for their mutual good had long since dwindled to the
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