| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott: of falling snow behind.
"Now, dear Breeze," said Ripple, "fly straight upward through the air,
until we reach the place we have so long been seeking; Sunbeam shall
go before to light the way, Yellow-leaf shall shelter me from heat and
rain, while Snow-flake shall lie here beside me till it comes of use.
So farewell to the pleasant earth, until we come again. And now away,
up to the sun!"
When Ripple first began her airy journey, all was dark and dreary;
heavy clouds lay piled like hills around her, and a cold mist
filled the air but the Sunbeam, like a star, lit up the way, the leaf
lay warmly round her, and the tireless wind went swiftly on. Higher
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: labour which his horse might still have to undergo, he had time
to consider maturely in what manner he should address the Dwarf,
in order to extract from him the knowledge which he supposed him
to be in possession of concerning the authors of his misfortunes.
Hobbie, though blunt, plain of speech, and hot of disposition,
like most of his countrymen, was by no means deficient in the
shrewdness which is also their characteristic. He reflected,
that from what he had observed on the memorable night when the
Dwarf was first seen, and from the conduct of that mysterious
being ever since, he was likely to be rendered even more
obstinate in his sullenness by threats and violence.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson: "Seen what?" cries Sir William.
"No," said I, "we have seen nothing of him. Why?"
"Nothing?" says Mountain. "Then I was right after all." With that
he struck his palm upon his brow. "But what takes him back?" he
cried. "What takes the man back among dead bodies. There is some
damned mystery here."
This was a word which highly aroused our curiosity, but I shall be
more perspicacious, if I narrate these incidents in their true
order. Here follows a narrative which I have compiled out of three
sources, not very consistent in all points:
FIRST, a written statement by Mountain, in which everything
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