| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Moran of the Lady Letty by Frank Norris: hair.
"Hello, Moran!" he said, rousing up; "how long have you been up?"
"Since before sunrise," she said; "I've had a bath in the cove
where the creek runs down. I saw a jack-rabbit."
"Seen anything of Charlie and the others?"
"They've camped on the other side of the bay. But look yonder,"
she added.
The junk had come in overnight, and was about a mile and a half
from shore.
"The deuce!" exclaimed Wilbur. "What are they after?"
"Fresh water, I guess," said Moran, knotting the end of a braid.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas: survive without the countenance of monarchs. Let us, then,
support monarchy, in order to support ourselves.
"We shall be murdered there," said Aramis. "I hate the
English -- they are coarse, like every nation that swills
beer."
"Would it be better to remain here," said Athos, "and take a
turn in the Bastile or the dungeon of Vincennes for having
favored the escape of Monsieur de Beaufort? I'faith, Aramis,
believe me, there is little left to regret. We avoid
imprisonment and we play the part of heroes; the choice is
easy."
Twenty Years After |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Marie by H. Rider Haggard: travel as fast as the rock pigeons."
I nodded, wishing to save my breath. Then, quivering with excitement,
for if I missed the next shot the match appeared to be lost, presently I
took the rifle from his hand.
Scarcely had I done so when a single goose came over quite as high as
the others and travelling "as though the black devil had kicked it," as
Retief said. This time I allowed the same space to compensate for the
object's increased speed and pressed.
Down it came like a stone, falling but a little way behind me with its
head knocked off.
"Baas, baas," whispered Hans, "still too far in front. Why aim at the
Marie |
