| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells: the hammock.
When I awoke, it was broad day. For a little while I lay flat,
staring at the roof above me. The rafters, I observed, were made
out of the timbers of a ship. Then I turned my head, and saw a meal
prepared for me on the table. I perceived that I was hungry,
and prepared to clamber out of the hammock, which, very politely
anticipating my intention, twisted round and deposited me upon
all-fours on the floor.
I got up and sat down before the food. I had a heavy feeling
in my head, and only the vaguest memory at first of the things
that had happened over night. The morning breeze blew very
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain: "Oh, that's the trick! They ain't only two taverns.
We can find out quick."
"You stay here, Huck, till I come."
Tom was off at once. He did not care to have
Huck's company in public places. He was gone half
an hour. He found that in the best tavern, No. 2
had long been occupied by a young lawyer, and was
still so occupied. In the less ostentatious house, No. 2
was a mystery. The tavern-keeper's young son said
it was kept locked all the time, and he never saw any-
body go into it or come out of it except at night; he
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: of this unhappy event, and the quarrel which led to it, have
never been correctly stated in any history of the period in which
it took place, I am induced, in consequence of your having, in
the second series of your admirable Tales on the History of
Scotland, adopted Wishart's version of the transaction, and being
aware that your having done so will stamp it with an authenticity
which it does not merit, and with a view, as far as possible, to
do justice to the memory of my unfortunate ancestor, to send you
the account of this affair as it has been handed down in the
family.
"James Stewart of Ardvoirlich, who lived in the early part of the
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