| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton: moment. Once again Susy remarked that, in Ellie's agitated
existence, every interest appeared to be on exactly the same
plane.
"The poor shivering dear," she answered laughing, "of course it
shall have its nice warm winter cloak, and I'll choose another
one instead."
"Oh, you darling, you! If you would! Of course, whoever you
were ordering it for need never know ...."
"Ah, you can't comfort yourself with that, I'm afraid. I've
already told you that I was ordering it for myself." Susy
paused to savour to the full Ellie's look of blank bewilderment;
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad: came with a slight bump against the steamer's side, the pilot,
grabbing the rope ladder, had scrambled halfway up before I knew
that our task of boarding was done; the harsh, muffled clanging
of the engine-room telegraph struck my ear through the iron
plate; my companion in the dinghy was urging me to "shove off--
push hard"; and when I bore against the smooth flank of the first
English ship I ever touched in my life, I felt it already
throbbing under my open palm.
Her head swung a little to the west, pointing towards the
miniature lighthouse of the Jolliette breakwater, far away there,
hardly distinguishable against the land. The dinghy danced a
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum: girl ate that first. It didn't seem very fresh, but she was so hungry
that she was not particular. Toto ate some, too, while Billina picked
up the crumbs.
While the strangers were engaged in eating, many of the people came
and stood in the street curiously watching them. Dorothy noticed six
roguish looking brown children standing all in a row, and she asked:
"Who are you, little ones?"
"We're the Graham Gems," replied one; "and we're all twins."
"I wonder if your mother could spare one or two of you?" asked
Billina, who decided that they were fresh baked; but at this dangerous
question the six little gems ran away as fast as they could go.
The Emerald City of Oz |
