| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair: home and reported that the forelady seemed to like her, and had said that,
while she was not sure, she thought she might be able to put her at work
sewing covers on hams, a job at which she would earn as much as eight or
ten dollars a week. That was a bid, so Marija reported, after consulting
her friend; and then there was an anxious conference at home. The work
was done in one of the cellars, and Jurgis did not want Ona to work in
such a place; but then it was easy work, and one could not have everything.
So in the end Ona, with a ten-dollar bill burning a hole in her palm, had
another interview with the forelady.
Meantime Teta Elzbieta had taken Stanislovas to the priest and gotten
a certificate to the effect that he was two years older than he was;
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Young Forester by Zane Grey: Herky swung his bow-legs over Target and I got astride the lean-backed
pony. There did not seem to be any more to say, yet we both lingered.
"Good-bye, Herky, I'm glad I met you," I said, offering my hand.
He gave it a squeeze that nearly crushed my fingers. His keen little eyes
gleamed, but he turned away without another word, and, slapping Target on
the flank, rode off under the trees.
I put the hat back on my head and watched Herky for a moment. His silence
and abrupt manner were unlike him, but what struck me most was the fact
that in our last talk every word had been clean and sincere. Somehow it
pleased me. Then I started the pony toward Holston.
He was tired and I was ready to drop, and those last few miles were long.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Baby Mine by Margaret Mayo: "Now Aggie----" she began.
Aggie continued without heeding her.
"After a few months," she explained, "when Alfred's temper has
had time to cool, we'll get Jimmy to send him a wire that he has
an heir."
"A few months!" exclaimed Zoie, as though Aggie had suggested an
eternity. "I've never been away from Alfred that long in all my
life."
Aggie was visibly annoyed. "Well, of course," she said coldly,
as she rose to go, "if you can get Alfred back WITHOUT that----"
"But I can't!" cried Zoie, and she clung to her friend as to her
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