| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The People That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs: comprised many colts and half-grown horses. Their markings
were almost identical, indicating a purity of strain that might
have persisted since long ages ago. If I had coveted one of
the little ponies of the Kro-lu country, imagine my state of
mind when I came upon these magnificent creatures! No sooner
had I espied them than I determined to possess one of them; nor
did it take me long to select a beautiful young stallion--a
four-year-old, I guessed him.
The horses were grazing close to the edge of the forest in
which Nobs and I were concealed, while the ground between us
and them was dotted with clumps of flowering brush which
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Rinkitink In Oz by L. Frank Baum: for in this boat I will return at once to my City of
Gilgad, from which I have remained absent altogether
too long a time."
"I do not wish to go to Gilgad," said Inga.
"That is too bad, my friend, for you would be very
welcome. But you may remain upon this island, if you
wish," continued Rinkitink, "and when I get home I will
send some of my people to rescue you."
"It is my boat, Your Majesty," said Inga quietly.
"May be, may be," was the careless answer, "but I am
King of a great country, while you are a boy Prince
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: laid his own upon it, and sighed; and Amyas looked down, and
started at the contrast between the two--so slender, bloodless, all
but transparent, were the delicate fingers of the courtier. Amyas
looked anxiously into his brother's face. It was changed, indeed,
since they last met. The brilliant red was still on either cheek,
but the white had become dull and opaque; the lips were pale, the
features sharpened; the eyes glittered with unnatural fire: and
when Frank told Amyas that he looked aged, Amyas could not help
thinking that the remark was far more true of the speaker himself.
Trying to shut his eyes to the palpable truth, he went on with his
chat, asking the names of one building after another.
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