| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain: fished me out, and was going to hug me and bless me,
and so on, he was so glad I was back and we was shut
of the king and the duke, but I says:
"Not now; have it for breakfast, have it for break-
fast! Cut loose and let her slide!"
So in two seconds away we went a-sliding down the
river, and it DID seem so good to be free again and all
by ourselves on the big river, and nobody to bother
us. I had to skip around a bit, and jump up and
crack my heels a few times -- I couldn't help it; but
about the third crack I noticed a sound that I knowed
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Horse's Tale by Mark Twain: kicked the life out of some of them - for you know he would, BB.'
The sergeant said, 'He laid out three of them, sir, and here's the
bones to show for it.' 'He's a grand horse,' said BB; 'he's the
grandest horse that ever was! and has saved your life, Lieutenant-
General Alison, and shall protect it the rest of his life - he's
yours for a kiss!' He got it, along with a passion of delight, and
he said, 'You are feeling better now, little Spaniard - do you
think you could blow the advance?' She put up the bugle to do it,
but he said wait a minute first. Then he and the sergeant set her
arm and put it in splints, she wincing but not whimpering; then we
took up the march for home, and that's the end of the tale; and I'm
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: "There she comes now," said another. "Joel shore is drivin'
to-night."
Far down the road Duane saw a cloud of dust and horses and a
lumbering coach. When he had looked after the needs of his
horse he returned to the group before the inn. They awaited the
stage with that interest common to isolated people. Presently
it rolled up, a large mud-bespattered and dusty vehicle,
littered with baggage on top and tied on behind. A number of
passengers alighted, three of whom excited Duane's interest.
One was a tall, dark, striking-looking man, and the other two
were ladies, wearing long gray ulsters and veils. Duane heard
The Lone Star Ranger |
