| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Witch, et. al by Anton Chekhov: thoroughbred bull-calf and the horses. The bullcalf was
embarrassed and looked up from under his brows, but suddenly
lowered his muzzle to the ground and took to his heels, kicking
up his hind legs; Kozov was frightened and waved his stick at
him, and they all burst out laughing. Then they locked up the
beasts and waited.
In the evening the engineer sent five roubles for the damage, and
the two horses, the pony and the bull-calf, without being fed or
given water, returned home, their heads hanging with a guilty air
as though they were convicted criminals.
On getting the five roubles the Lytchkovs, father and son, the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Horse's Tale by Mark Twain: "What do you reckon he is, then? He must be something."
"Why, he could be a reptile; anything that hasn't wings is a
reptile."
"Who told you that?"
"Nobody told me, but I overheard it."
"Where did you overhear it?"
"Years ago. I was with the Philadelphia Institute expedition in
the Bad Lands under Professor Cope, hunting mastodon bones, and I
overheard him say, his own self, that any plantigrade circumflex
vertebrate bacterium that hadn't wings and was uncertain was a
reptile. Well, then, has this dog any wings? No. Is he a
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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: "Plural," said Silvia, softly. I opened my near eye and turned
my head. The first thing I saw was a rosy arm, lying on the edge
of my pillow. Within reach.
"I say," I whispered. "Is the bell in this room all right?"
CHAPTER XI
THE LOVE SCENE
When I had drawn blood for the third time, I felt that honour was
satisfied, so I cleaned the safety razor carefully and put it
away.
Quarter of an hour later I entered the dining-room.
"I said so," said Daphne.
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