The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from St. Ives by Robert Louis Stevenson: 'Well, this is certainly a whimsical incident,' he continued. 'And
since we are thus met already - and so much to my advantage! - the
simplest thing will be to prosecute the acquaintance instantly.
Let me propose a snack between sermons, a bottle of my particular
green seal - and when nobody is looking we can talk blazons, Mr.
Ducie!' - which was the name I then used and had already
incidentally mentioned, in the vain hope of provoking a return in
kind.
'I beg your pardon, sir: do I understand you to invite me to your
house?' said I.
'That was the idea I was trying to convey,' said he. 'We have the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Mountains by Stewart Edward White: instinct for tenderfeet,--no one could have a knowledge
of them, they are too unexpected,--had an inspiration.
"I suppose there are tracks on the trail ahead of
you?" he called.
We stared at each other, then at the trail. Only
one horse had preceded us,--that of the tenderfoot.
But of course Algernon was nevertheless due for his
chuckle-headed reply.
"I haven't looked," said he.
That raised the storm conventional to such an occasion.
"What in the name of seventeen little dicky-birds
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum: make out from that distance. But the gold pot glittered in the
rays of the sun, and Trot could catch glimpses of glowing colors
above it, as the Magic Flower changed from one sort to another.
"When I was here before," remarked the Glass Cat, lazily
reclining at the girl's feet, "I saw two Kalidahs on this very
bank, where they had come to drink."
"What are Kalidahs?" asked the girl.
"The most powerful and ferocious beasts in all Oz. This forest
is their especial home, and so there are few other beasts to be
found except monkeys. The monkeys are spry enough to keep out of
the way of the fierce Kalidahs, which attack all other animals
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