| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Life of the Spider by J. Henri Fabre: place in the sun without injuring his neighbour; and these
apparatus, these methods vie in ingenuity with the elm's samara,
the dandelion-plume and the catapult of the squirting cucumber.
Let us consider, in particular, the Epeirae, those magnificent
Spiders who, to catch their prey, stretch, between one bush and the
next, great vertical sheets of meshes, resembling those of the
fowler. The most remarkable in my district is the Banded Epeira
(Epeira fasciata, WALCK.), so prettily belted with yellow, black
and silvery white. Her nest, a marvel of gracefulness, is a satin
bag, shaped like a tiny pear. Its neck ends in a concave
mouthpiece closed with a lid, also of satin. Brown ribbons, in
The Life of the Spider |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Yates Pride by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: sloping shoulders.
Eudora, as she passed the Glynn house, turned her face slightly,
so that its pure oval was evident. She was now a beauty in late
middle life. Her hair, of an indeterminate shade, swept in soft
shadows over her ears; her features were regular; her expression
was at once regal and gentle. A charm which was neither of youth
nor of age reigned in her face; her grace had surmounted with
triumphant ease the slope of every year. Eudora passed out of
sight with the baby-carriage, lifting her proud lady-head under
the soft droop of the spring boughs; and her inspectors, whom she
had not seen, moved back from the Glynn windows with exclamations
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from End of the Tether by Joseph Conrad: at last. He turned in his chair, and grinding his
teeth--
"Dam' you and the ship! I wish she were at the
bottom of the sea. Then you would have to starve."
The trusty second engineer closed the door gently.
Massy listened. Instead of passing on to the bath-
room where he should have gone to clean himself, the
second entered his cabin, which was next door. Mr.
Massy jumped up and waited. Suddenly he heard the
lock snap in there. He rushed out and gave a violent
kick to the door.
End of the Tether |
