| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Simple Soul by Gustave Flaubert: the third field, however, several of them got up and surrounded them.
"Don't be afraid," cried Felicite; and murmuring a sort of lament she
passed her hand over the back of the nearest ox; he turned away and
the others followed. But when they came to the next pasture, they
heard frightful bellowing.
It was a bull which was hidden from them by the fog. He advanced
towards the two women, and Madame Aubain prepared to flee for her
life. "No, no! not so fast," warned Felicite. Still they hurried on,
for they could hear the noisy breathing of the bull behind them. His
hoofs pounded the grass like hammers, and presently he began to
gallop! Felicite turned around and threw patches of grass in his eyes.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Captain Stormfield by Mark Twain: that in the Grand Choir, the first day you land here, but you
hardly ever see it again. There were billions of people; when they
were singing or hosannahing, the noise was wonderful; and even when
their tongues were still the drumming of the wings was nearly
enough to burst your head, for all the sky was as thick as if it
was snowing angels. Although Adam was not there, it was a great
time anyway, because we had three archangels on the Grand Stand -
it is a seldom thing that even one comes out."
"What did they look like, Sandy?"
"Well, they had shining faces, and shining robes, and wonderful
rainbow wings, and they stood eighteen feet high, and wore swords,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: SALOME. Il dit des choses monstrueuses, e propos de ma mere, n'est-
ce pas?
SECOND SOLDAT. Nous ne comprenons jamais ce qu'il dit, princesse.
SALOME. Oui, il dit des choses monstrueuses d'elle.
UN ESCLAVE. Princesse, le tetrarque vous prie de retourner au
festin.
SALOME. Je n'y retournerai pas.
LE JEUNE SYRIEN. Pardon, princesse, mais si vous n'y retourniez pas
il pourrait arriver un malheur.
SALOME. Est-ce un vieillard, le prophete?
LE JEUNE SYRIEN. Princesse, il vaudrait mieux retourner.
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