| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tom Sawyer Abroad by Mark Twain: you are skimming along only a little ways above the
sand.
We was watching the shadder of the balloon slide
along the ground, and now and then gazing off across
the desert to see if anything was stirring, and then
down on the shadder again, when all of a sudden
almost right under us we see a lot of men and camels
laying scattered about, perfectly quiet, like they was
asleep.
We shut off the power, and backed up and stood
over them, and then we see that they was all dead. It
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: distance for any good horse if not too closely pressed. Duane
concluded presently that the cowboys behind were losing a
little in the chase because they were not extending their
horses. It was decidedly unusual for such riders to save their
mounts. Duane pondered over this, looking backward several
times to see if their horses were stretched out. They were not,
and the fact was disturbing. Only one reason presented itself
to Duane's conjecturing, and it was that with him headed
straight on that road his pursuers were satisfied not to force
the running. He began to hope and look for a trail or a road
turning off to right or left. There was none. A rough,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Wyoming by William MacLeod Raine: "Miss Messiter didn't get your letter in time. Y'u see, we don't
get mail every day at the Lazy D," he explained, the while he
hopefully wondered just when she was going to need his last name.
"I don't see why you don't go after your mail every day at least,
especially when Miss Messiter was expecting me. To leave me
waiting here thirty hours--I'll not stand it. When does the next
train leave for Detroit?" she asked, imperiously.
The situation seemed to call for diplomacy, and Jim McWilliams
moved to a nearer chair. "I'm right sorry it happened, ma'am, and
I'll bet Miss Messiter is, too. Y'u see, we been awful busy one
way and 'nother, and I plumb neglected to send one of the boys to
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