| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Rinkitink In Oz by L. Frank Baum: Cor?"
"She is in the chamber with the red dome, where green
dragons are painted upon the walls," replied Inga; "but
she is in an angry and ungracious mood to-day. Why do
you wish to see her?"
"I have honey to sell," answered the girl, who was
Zella, just come from the forest. "The Queen is very
fond of my honey."
"You may go to her, if you so desire," said the boy,
"but take care not to anger the cruel Queen, or she may
do you a mischief."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Reef by Edith Wharton: pitied, counselled, been kind to her, with the fatal, the
inevitable result. There were the facts as Anna made them
out: that, at least, was their external aspect, was as much
of them as she had been suffered to see; and into the secret
intricacies they might cover she dared not yet project her
thoughts.
"I must believe him...I must believe him..." She kept on
repeating the words like a talisman. It was natural, after
all, that he should have behaved as he had: defended the
girl's piteous secret to the last. She too began to feel the
contagion of his pity--the stir, in her breast, of feelings
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: It was a nice set of puppets, and they were very simple to
manipulate. They fitted easily on to the hand, the forefinger
controlling the head, and the thumb and second finger the arms.
The old fellow's cudgel was a dream.
We decided that I had better stick to Punch and Punch alone.
For the others she would be answerable.
After rehearsing for half an hour, we stopped for breakfast. In
the absence of cutlery, it was a ragged meal, but what mattered
that? We were for letting the world slip- we should ne'er be
younger.
People were stirring now. Carts rumbled in the distance, and
The Brother of Daphne |
