| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Polly of the Circus by Margaret Mayo: an' el'phant drink?" he asked, rolling his eyes. John shook his
head.
"Well, sah, he jes' put dat trunk a'his'n into de pail, jes' once
an--swish--water gone."
Douglas laughed; and Mandy muttered, sullenly.
"Well, sah," continued Hasty, "I tote water fo' dem el'phants all
day long, an' when I cum roun' to see de circus, de gemmen won't
let me in. An' when I try to crawl under de tent, dey pulls me
out by de laigs an' beats me." He looked from one to the other
expecting sympathy.
"Serves you right," was Mandy's unfeeling reply. "If yo's so
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Emma McChesney & Co. by Edna Ferber: "Bad! It's like a drink of cool spring water after too much
champagne. In those miserable South American hotels, how I used
to long for the orderliness and quiet of this!"
She took off hat and coat. In a vase on the desk, a cluster of
yellow chrysanthemums shook their shaggy heads in welcome. Emma
McChesney's quick eye jumped to them, then to Buck, who had come
in and was surveying the scene appreciatively.
"You--of course." She indicated the flowers with a nod and a
radiant smile.
"Sorry--no. The office staff did that. There's a card of
welcome, I believe."
Emma McChesney & Co. |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Twilight Land by Howard Pyle: I drink to her health."
He winked his eye at Patient Grizzle, beckoning towards her with
his quart pot, and took a long and hearty pull. Then he banged
his mug down upon the table. "Fetch me another glass, lass," said
he to little Brown Betty. "Meantime, fair lady"--this he said to
Patient Grizzle--"will you not entertain us with some story of
your own?"
"I know not," said Patient Grizzle, "that I can tell you any
story worth your hearing."
"Aye, aye, but you can," said the Soldier who cheated the Devil;
"and, moreover, anything coming from betwixt such red lips and
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