| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum: much baking powder in them."
Just then a dreadful scream was heard, and Dorothy turned hastily
around to find a scene of great excitement a little way down the
street. The people were crowding around Toto and throwing at him
everything they could find at hand. They pelted the little dog with
hard-tack, crackers, and even articles of furniture which were hard
baked and heavy enough for missiles.
Toto howeled a little as the assortment of bake stuff struck him; but
he stood still, with head bowed and tail between his legs, until
Dorothy ran up and inquired what the matter was.
"Matter!" cried a rye loafer, indignantly, "why the horrid beast
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from In the Cage by Henry James: sufficiently estimating the affluence of customers and the
distraction of Mr. Buckton and the counter-clerk, took the jump and
gave it. "Isn't it Cooper's?"
It was as if she had bodily leaped--cleared the top of the cage and
alighted on her interlocutress. "Cooper's?"--the stare was
heightened by a blush. Yes, she had made Juno blush.
This was all the greater reason for going on. "I mean instead of
Burfield's."
Our young friend fairly pitied her; she had made her in an instant
so helpless, and yet not a bit haughty nor outraged. She was only
mystified and scared. "Oh, you know--?"
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Silverado Squatters by Robert Louis Stevenson: with our country neighbours. And presently, sure enough, two
town gentlemen, with cigars and kid gloves, came debauching
past the house. They looked in that place like a blasphemy.
"Good evening," they said. For none of us had stirred; we
all sat stiff with wonder.
"Good evening," I returned; and then, to put them at their
ease, "A stiff climb," I added.
"Yes," replied the leader; "but we have to thank you for this
path."
I did not like the man's tone. None of us liked it. He did
not seem embarrassed by the meeting, but threw us his remarks
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