| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Master and Man by Leo Tolstoy: beginning with Nikita, confirmed him in the conviction that he
was their benefactor and did not overreach them.
'Yes, I understand, Vasili Andreevich. You know that I serve
you and take as much pains as I would for my own father. I
understand very well!' Nikita would reply. He was quite aware
that Vasili Andreevich was cheating him, but at the same time
he felt that it was useless to try to clear up his accounts
with him or explain his side of the matter, and that as long as
he had nowhere to go he must accept what he could get.
Now, having heard his master's order to harness, he went as
usual cheerfully and willingly to the shed, stepping briskly
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell: under such circumstances; the pain was too great. I stumbled,
and fell with violence on both my knees. Smith was flung off by my fall,
and, owing to the speed I was going at, he must have fallen with great force.
I soon recovered my feet and limped to the side of the road,
where it was free from stones. The moon had just risen above the hedge,
and by its light I could see Smith lying a few yards beyond me.
He did not rise; he made one slight effort to do so,
and then there was a heavy groan. I could have groaned, too,
for I was suffering intense pain both from my foot and knees;
but horses are used to bear their pain in silence. I uttered no sound,
but I stood there and listened. One more heavy groan from Smith;
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Desert Gold by Zane Grey: remember you as a cool-headed fellow whom nothing could disturb.
Has the army changed you?"
Thorne laughed. It was a laugh with a strange, high note. It was
reckless--it hinted of exaltation. He rose abruptly; he gave the
water money to go for drinks; he looked into the saloon, and then
into the street. On this side of the house there was a porch opening
on a plaza with trees and shrubbery and branches. Thorne peered
out one window, then another. His actions were rapid. Returning
to the table, he put his hands upon it and leaned over to look
closely into Gale's face.
"I'm away from camp without leave," he said.
Desert Gold |
