| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Maid Marian by Thomas Love Peacock: shall dance to my harping."
So Robin sat in the church porch and played away merrily, while his
foresters formed a ring, in the centre of which the knight and bishop
danced with exemplary alacrity; and if they relaxed their exertions,
Scarlet gently touched them up with the point of an arrow.
The knight grimaced ruefully, and begged Robin to think of his gout.
"So I do," said Robin; "this is the true antipodagron:
you shall dance the gout away, and be thankful to me while you live.
I told you," he added to the bishop, "I would play at this wedding;
but you did not tell me that you would dance at it.
The next couple you marry, think of the Roman law."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Gentle Grafter by O. Henry: "In Colorado, I see," said I. "And, by the way, Jeff, what was the
name of the little man who went to Denver--the one you and Bill met at
the station?"
"Alfred E. Ricks," said Jeff, "was the toad's designation."
"I see," said I, "the president of this mining company signs himself
A. L. Fredericks. I was wondering--"
"Let me see that stock," said Jeff quickly, almost snatching it from
me.
To mitigate, even though slightly, the embarrassment I summoned the
waiter and ordered another bottle of the Barbera. I thought it was the
least I could do.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: shoulders, around my arms and body, a number of
pliant fiber ropes.
In a jiffy I was trussed up as neatly as you might
wish. One of the nooses dropped to my ankles and was
jerked up with a suddenness that brought me to my
face upon the ground. Then something heavy and hairy
sprang upon my back. I fought to draw my knife, but
hairy hands grasped my wrists and, dragging them be-
hind my back, bound them securely.
Next my feet were bound. Then I was turned over
upon my back to look up into the faces of my captors.
Pellucidar |
