| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Road to Oz by L. Frank Baum: his pocket they were all obliged to love him as much as ever.
They did not see the King again, but Kik-a-bray remembered them;
for a table appeared again in their room with the same food upon it
as on the night before.
"Don't want pie for breakfus'," said Button-Bright.
"I'll give you some of my beefsteak," proposed Dorothy; "there's
plenty for us all."
That suited the boy better, but the shaggy man said he was content
with his apples and sandwiches, although he ended the meal by eating
Button-Bright's pie. Polly liked her dewdrops and mist-cakes better
than any other food, so they all enjoyed an excellent breakfast. Toto
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tattine by Ruth Ogden [Mrs. Charles W. Ide]: trees brought a troubled look into Tattine's face. "Patrick," she said
ruefully, "do you know that some of the nests in these trees have been robbed
of their eggs? Four or five of them are empty now. Have you an idea who could
do such a thing?"
"Yes, I have an idea," and Patrick rested his hands upon the handle of his
rake and looked significantly towards the barn; "somebody who lives in the
barn, I'm thinkin'."
"Why, Joseph would not do it, nor Philip the groom, and little Joey is too
small to climb these trees."
"It's something smaller than Joey, miss. Whisht now, and see if she's not up
to mischief this minute."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: HERODE. Salome, viens t'asseoir pres de moi. Je te donnerai le
trone de ta mere.
SALOME. Je ne suis pas fatiguee, tetrarque.
HERODIAS. Vous voyez bien ce qu'elle pense de vous.
HERODE. Apportez . . . Qu'est-ce que je veux? Je ne sais pas. Ah!
Ah! je m'en souviens . . .
LA VOIX D'IOKANAAN. Voici le temps! Ce que j'ai predit est arrive,
dit le Seigneur Dieu. Voici le jour dont j'avais parle.
HERODIAS. Faites-le taire. Je ne veux pas entendre sa voix. Cet
homme vomit toujours des injures contre moi.
HERODE. Il n'a rien dit contre vous. Aussi, c'est un tres grand
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