| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Blix by Frank Norris: many crackers? There's hundreds of them here--enough to feed a
regiment. Why didn't you ask me?"
"Huh! what? what? I don't know. What's the matter with the
crackers? You were dickering with the cheese, and the man said,
'How many crackers?' I didn't know. I said, 'Oh, give me a
quarter's worth!'"
"And we couldn't possibly have eaten ten cents' worth! Oh, Condy,
you are--you are--But never mind, here's your tea. I wonder if
this green, pasty stuff is good."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson: some surprise."
And, as if in answer to his remark, the archers began once more to
advance against the barricade, and the arrows to fall thick. But
there was something hesitating in the attack. They came not on
roundly, but seemed rather to await a further signal.
Dick looked uneasily about him, spying for a hidden danger. And
sure enough, about half way up the little street, a door was
suddenly opened from within, and the house continued, for some
seconds, and both by door and window, to disgorge a torrent of
Lancastrian archers. These, as they leaped down, hurriedly stood
to their ranks, bent their bows, and proceeded to pour upon Dick's
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Pocket Diary Found in the Snow by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: reputation darkened by no fault of his own, and the work he was
doing now had awakened, an interest and an ability that he did not
know he possessed. He was more than glad to accept the offer made
by the official.
Muller was already across the street and had laid his hand upon the
door of the cab when the driver turned to him and said crossly,
"Some one else has ordered me. But I am not going to wait in this
cold, get in if you want to."
"All right. Now tell me first where you drove to last evening with
the sick lady and her companion?" The man looked astonished but
found his tongue again in a moment. "And who are you?" he asked
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