| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Bucky O'Connor by William MacLeod Raine: the ground; there his coat and vest, the linings of each of them
ripped out and the pockets emptied. Even the boots and socks of
the man had been removed, so thorough had been the search.
Whatever the murderers had been looking for it was not money,
since his purse, still fairly well lined with greenbacks, was
found behind a cactus bush a few yards away.
"What in time were they after?" frowned Collins. "If it wasn't
his money--and it sure wasn't--what was it? I ce'tainly would
like to know what the Wolf wanted so blamed bad. Guess I'll not
follow Mr. Leroy just now till my leg is in better shape. Maybe I
had better investigate a little bit round town first."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Old Indian Legends by Zitkala-Sa: badger's hospitality.
As he entered the dwelling a pair of wicked gleams shot out of
his shaggy head. Surprised by the strange behavior of the guest
who remained standing upon the rug, leaning his round back against
the wall, father badger queried: "How, my friend! What?"
The bear took one stride forward and shook his paw in the
badger's face. He said: "I am strong, very strong!"
"Yes, yes, so you are," replied the badger. From the farther
end of the room mother badger muttered over her bead work: "Yes,
you grew strong from our well-filled bowls."
The bear smiled, showing a row of large sharp teeth.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Exiles by Honore de Balzac: was however justified by the luxury Tirechair had lavished on their
adornment. Flanders tapestry hung on the walls, and a large bed with a
top valance of green serge, like a peasant's bed, was amply furnished
with mattresses, and covered with good sheets of fine linen. Each room
had a stove called a /chauffe-doux/; the floor, carefully polished by
Dame Tirechair's apprentices, shone like the woodwork of a shrine.
Instead of stools, the lodgers had deep chairs of carved walnut, the
spoils probably of some raided castle. Two chests with pewter
mouldings, and tables on twisted legs, completed the fittings, worthy
of the most fastidious knights-banneret whom business might bring to
Paris.
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