| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Witch, et. al by Anton Chekhov: and growled. We heard in the distance repeated splashing of
water.
"Someone is coming by the ford," said Savka.
Three minutes later Kutka growled again and made a sound like a
cough.
"Shsh!" his master shouted at him.
In the darkness there was a muffled thud of timid footsteps, and
the silhouette of a woman appeared out of the copse. I recognized
her, although it was dark -- it was Agafya. She came up to us
diffidently and stopped, breathing hard. She was breathless,
probably not so much from walking as from fear and the unpleasant
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Odyssey by Homer: my master to Ilius, the land of noble steeds, to fight the
Trojans in the cause of king Agamemnon."
As he spoke he bound his girdle round him and went to the styes
where the young sucking pigs were penned. He picked out two
which he brought back with him and sacrificed. He singed them,
cut them up, and spitted them; when the meat was cooked he
brought it all in and set it before Ulysses, hot and still on
the spit, whereon Ulysses sprinkled it over with white barley
meal. The swineherd then mixed wine in a bowl of ivy-wood, and
taking a seat opposite Ulysses told him to begin.
"Fall to, stranger," said he, "on a dish of servant's pork. The
The Odyssey |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Underground City by Jules Verne: being, whoever he is, has by no means given up his evil intentions.
I can hardly say on what I
found my convictions. But at any rate, for the sake of the new works,
I must and will know who he is and whence he comes."
"For the sake of the new works did you say?" asked Jack,
considerably surprised.
"I said so, Jack," returned Harry. "I may be mistaken,
but, to me, all that has happened proves the existence
of an interest in this mine in strong opposition to ours.
Many a time have I considered the matter; I feel almost sure of it.
Just consider the whole series of inexplicable circumstances,
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