| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Old Indian Legends by Zitkala-Sa: What sound is it that makes my ear ache!" exclaimed Iktomi, holding
a hand on his ear.
He rose and looked around. The squeaking came from the tree.
Then he began climbing the tree to find the disagreeable sound. He
placed his foot right on a cracked limb without seeing it. Just
then a whiff of wind came rushing by and pressed together the
broken edges. There in a strong wooden hand Iktomi's foot was
caught.
"Oh! my foot is crushed!" he howled like a coward. In vain he
pulled and puffed to free himself.
While sitting a prisoner on the tree he spied, through his
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Chronicles of the Canongate by Walter Scott: or three onions, renewed from time to time, and a ram's horn
filled with whisky, which he used regularly, but sparingly, every
night and morning. His dirk, or SKENE-DHU, (that is, black-
knife), so worn as to be concealed beneath the arm, or by the
folds of the plaid, was his only weapon, excepting the cudgel
with which he directed the movements of the cattle. A Highlander
was never so happy as on these occasions. There was a variety in
the whole journey, which exercised the Celt's natural curiosity
and love of motion. There were the constant change of place and
scene, the petty adventures incidental to the traffic, and the
intercourse with the various farmers, graziers, and traders,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson: greatest enthusiasm.
[Tuesday, 26th July]
The wind being at S.E. this evening, we had a pretty
heavy swell of sea upon the rock, and some difficulty attended
our getting off in safety, as the boats got aground in the
creek and were in danger of being upset. Upon extinguishing
the torchlights, about twelve in number, the darkness of the
night seemed quite horrible; the water being also much charged
with the phosphorescent appearance which is familiar to every
one on shipboard, the waves, as they dashed upon the rock,
were in some degree like so much liquid flame. The scene,
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