| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Twilight Land by Howard Pyle: of bare stone, and in which were only three things--the magic
carpet, the iron candlestick, and the earthen jar. This last the
old man gave to the foolish spendthrift. "My friend," said he,
"when you chose the money and jewels that day in the cavern, you
chose the less for the greater. Here is a treasure that an
emperor might well envy you. Whatever you wish for you will find
by dipping your hand into the jar. Now go your way, and let what
was happened cure you of your folly."
"It shall," cried the young man; "never again will I be so
foolish as I have been!" And thereupon he went his way with
another pocketful of good resolves.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates by Howard Pyle: do so. My advice is that you let it alone. I reckon you've come
to me for advice?" Hiram shook his head. "Ye haven't? What have
ye come for, then?"
"Seven hundred pounds," said Hiram.
"Seven hundred pounds!" said Squire Hall. "I haven't got seven
hundred pounds to lend you, Hiram."
"Five hundred been left to Levi--I got hundred--raise hundred
more on mortgage," said Hiram.
"Tut, tut, Hiram," said Squire Hall, "that'll never do in the
world. Suppose Levi West should come back again, what then? I'm
responsible for that money. If you wanted to borrow it now for
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum: will travel from all parts of this lake to look upon my
loveliness," said Coo-ee-oh, shaking her feathers to
make the diamonds glitter more brilliantly.
"But, your Majesty, we must go home and we do not
know how to get there," Ervic persisted.
"My eyes," remarked the Diamond Swan, "are
wonderfully blue and bright and will charm all
beholders."
"Tell us how to make the boat go -- how to get back
into the island," begged Ervic and the others cried
just as earnestly: "Tell us, Coo-ee-oh; tell us!"
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