| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey: tracks; and when he had stolen on a little farther he saw many
birds and running quail, and more rabbits than he could count. He
had not penetrated the forest of oaks for a hundred yards, had
not approached anywhere near the line of willows and cottonwoods
which he knew grew along a stream. But he had seen enough to know
that Surprise Valley was the home of many wild creatures.
Venters returned to camp. He skinned the rabbits, and gave the
dogs the one they had quarreled over, and the skin of this he
dressed and hung up to dry, feeling that he would like to keep
it. It was a particularly rich, furry pelt with a beautiful white
tail. Venters remembered that but for the bobbing of that white
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Desert Gold by Zane Grey: Jim Lash stood in the trail leaning over the butt of his rifle,
which evidently he was utilizing as a crutch. He was pale but
smiling. His hands were bloody. A scarf had been bound tightly
round his left leg just above the knee. The leg hung limp, and
the foot dragged.
"I reckon I ain't injured much," replied Him. "But my leg hurts
like hell, if you want to know."
"Laddy! Oh, where's Laddy?"
"He's just across the crack there. I was trying to get to him. We
had it hot an' heavy down here. Laddy was pretty bad shot up
before he tried to head Rojas off the trail....Dick, did you see the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Pool of Blood in the Pastor's Study by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: were placed in such a way that the two front feet were turned toward
the spectator. But on the end candlestick nearest Muller the single
foot projected out to the front of the altar. This candlestick
therefore had been set down hastily, not placed carefully in the
order of things as were the others.
And not only this. The heavy wax candle which was in the candlestick
was burned down about a finger's breadth more than the others, for
these were all exactly of a height. Muller bent still nearer to
the candlestick, but he saw that the dim light in the church was not
sufficient. He went to one of the smaller side altars, took a candle
from there, lit it with one of the matches that he found in his own
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