| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Octopus by Frank Norris: in her large eyes--the eyes of a young girl--was deepening every
day. The expression of innocence and inquiry which they so
easily assumed, was disturbed by a faint suggestion of aversion,
almost of terror. She settled herself in her place, in the
corner of the hall, in the rear rank of chairs, a little
frightened by the glare of lights, the hum of talk and the
shifting crowd, glad to be out of the way, to attract no
attention, willing to obliterate herself.
All at once Annixter, who had just shaken hands with Dyke, his
mother and the little tad, moved abruptly in his place, drawing
in his breath sharply. The crowd around the great, wide-open
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Case of The Lamp That Went Out by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: "Well, I'll hurry up with the job so that I'll be out of the way
when the lady comes," said Muller, as Franz led him to the
misbehaving bell.
It was in the wall immediately above a large table which filled the
window niche so completely that there was but scant space left for
the comfortable armchair that stood in front of it. The window was
open and Muller leaned out, looking down at the garden below.
"What a fine old garden!" he exclaimed aloud. To himself he said:
"This is the last window in the left wing. It is the window where
Johann Knoll saw the red light."
And when he turned back into the room again he found the source of
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum: my beak."
"It prob'bly was a rock," said Dorothy, carelessly.
"Nonsense. I know a rock from metal, I guess," said the hen.
"There's a different feel to it."
"But there couldn't be any metal on this wild, deserted seashore,"
persisted the girl. "Where's the place? I'll dig it up, and prove to
you I'm right,"
Billina showed her the place where she had "stubbed her bill," as she
expressed it, and Dorothy dug away the sand until she felt something
hard. Then, thrusting in her hand, she pulled the thing out, and
discovered it to be a large sized golden key--rather old, but still
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