| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott: from his long sleep, and looked in smiling wonder at the faces bending
over him.
Then Ripple sang for joy, and, with her sister Spirits, robed the
child in graceful garments, woven of bright sea-weed, while in
his shining hair they wreathed long garlands of their fairest flowers,
and on his little arms hung chains of brilliant shells.
"Now come with us, dear child," said Ripple; "we will bear you safely
up into the sunlight and the pleasant air; for this is not your home,
and yonder, on the shore, there waits a loving friend for you."
So up they went, through foam and spray, till on the beach, where
the fresh winds played among her falling hair, and the waves broke
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Ball at Sceaux by Honore de Balzac: "Well, uncle," Monsieur de Fontaine went on, "how could you hide from
us all you knew about this young man? You must have seen how anxious
we have been. Is Monsieur de Longueville a man of family?"
"I don't know him from Adam or Eve," said the Comte de Kergarouet.
"Trusting to that crazy child's tact, I got him here by a method of my
own. I know that the boy shoots with a pistol to admiration, hunts
well, plays wonderfully at billiards, at chess, and at backgammon; he
handles the foils, and rides a horse like the late Chevalier de Saint-
Georges. He has a thorough knowledge of all our vintages. He is as
good an arithmetician as Bareme, draws, dances, and sings well. The
devil's in it! what more do you want? If that is not a perfect
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Frances Waldeaux by Rebecca Davis: dulled eyes cleared as if a new power of sight were
coming to them.
After a long time she heard steps, and Selo calling. She
rose.
The murder was known. They were coming to arrest her.
What did it matter? She had found help.
Selo came up excitedly.
"It is another boat, English folk also, that comes to
arrive."
She turned and waited.
And then, coming up the hill, she saw George, and
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