| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum: the copper man lost his balance and tumbled to the
ground in a heap. But the clock-work that enabled
him to speak had been wound up and he kept saying:
"Pick-me-up! Pick-me-up! Pick-me-up!" until they
had again raised him and balanced him upon his
feet, when he added politely: "Ma-ny thanks!"
"He won't be self-supporting until we wind
up his action," remarked Shaggy; so Betsy
wound it, as tight as she could--for the key
turned rather hard--and then Tik-Tok lifted his
feet, marched around in a circle and ended by
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The House of Dust by Conrad Aiken: 'I am the murderer, death.
I am the lover who keeps his appointment
At the doors of breath!'
She rose and stared at her own reflection,
Half dreading there to find
The dark-eyed ghost, waiting beside her,
Or reaching from behind
To lay pale hands upon her shoulders . . .
Or was this in her mind? . . .
She combed her hair. The sunlight glimmered
Along the tossing strands.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Finished by H. Rider Haggard: body and what he calls his soul. Yes, he too mocks at me. Now
if you were both dead," she added with sudden venom, "my lady
would not wish to go away. Be careful lest a spell should fall
upon you, Macumazahn," and without more words she turned and
went.
At first I was inclined to laugh; the whole thing seemed so
absurd. On reflection, however, I perceived that in reality it
was very serious to people situated as we were. This woman was a
savage; more, a mystic savage of considerable powers of mind--a
formidable combination. Also there were no restraints upon her,
since public opinion had as little authority in the Black Kloof
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