| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Road to Oz by L. Frank Baum: Ozma's banquet."
"Who is still to come?" asked the Scarecrow.
"Well, there's King Kik-a-bray of Dunkiton, and Johnny Dooit, and the
Good Witch of the North. But Johnny Dooit may not get here until
late, he's so very busy."
"We will receive them and give them a proper welcome," promised the
Scarecrow. "So run along, little Dorothy, and get yourself dressed."
23. The Grand Banquet
I wish I could tell you how fine the company was that assembled that
evening at Ozma's royal banquet. A long table was spread in the
center of the great dining-hall of the palace and the splendor of the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells: "Yes. And you might, for example, have married him in New
York before the war."
"It came very near to that."
"And then probably you wouldn't have discovered you disliked
him. You wouldn't have admitted it to yourself."
"I suppose I shouldn't. I suppose I should have tried to
believe I loved him."
"Women do this sort of thing. Odd! I never realized it
before. And there are endless wives suppressing an acute
dislike. My wife does. I see now quite clearly that she
detests me. Reasonably enough. From her angle I'm entirely
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin: their foam. Their sound came mightier and mightier on his senses;
his brain grew giddy with the prolonged thunder. Shuddering he
drew the flask from his girdle and hurled it into the center of
the torrent. As he did so, an icy chill shot through his limbs;
he staggered, shrieked, and fell. The waters closed over his cry,
and the moaning of the river rose wildly into the night as it
gushed over
THE BLACK STONE
CHAPTER IV
HOW MR. SCHWARTZ SET OFF ON AN EXPEDITION
TO THE GOLDEN RIVER, AND HOW HE PROSPERED
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