| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum: in the grounds of the palace, Ozma came out and joined them, saying:
"I want to hear more of your adventures in the Forest of Gugu, and
how you were able to get those dear little monkeys to use in Dorothy's
Surprise Cake."
So they sat down on a marble bench near to the Fountain of the Water of
Oblivion, and between them Dorothy and the Wizard related their adventures.
"I was dreadfully fussy while I was a woolly lamb," said Dorothy,
"for it didn't feel good, a bit. And I wasn't quite sure, you know,
that I'd ever get to be a girl again."
"You might have been a woolly lamb yet, if I hadn't happened to have
discovered that Magic Transformation Word," declared the Wizard.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: Julia began to feel a certain interest. 'I am afraid you are
really quite ill,' she said, drawing a little nearer. 'Please
don't let me put you out, and do not stay under that table, Mr
Jimson. Indeed it cannot be good for you.'
Mr Jimson only answered by a distressing cough; and the next
moment the girl was on her knees, and their faces had almost
knocked. together under the table.
'O, my gracious goodness!' exclaimed Miss Hazeltine, and sprang
to her feet. 'Mr Forsyth gone mad!'
'I am not mad,' said the gentleman ruefully, extricating himself
from his position. 'Dearest. Miss Hazeltine, I vow to you upon my
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Finished by H. Rider Haggard: "True! O Macumazahn, I see that you are one who has watched
Nature and its ways as closely as my spies watch you. So I
learned these matters and knew that you were in trouble over the
death of these white men, and your friends likewise, and as you
were always dear to me, I sent that child Nombe to bring you to
me, thinking from what I knew of you that you would be more
likely to follow a woman who is both wise and good to look at,
than a man who might be neither. I told her to say to you that
you and the others would be safer here than in Natal at present.
It seems that you hearkened and came. That is all."
"Yes, I hearkened and came. But, Zikali, that is not all, for
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