| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter: dinner.
(The name of little Benjamin's papa
was old Mr. Benjamin Bunny.)
The lettuces certainly were very
fine.
Peter did not eat anything; he said
he should like to go home. Presently
he dropped half the onions.
Little Benjamin said that it was not
possible to get back up the pear-tree
with a load of vegetables. He led the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Father Goriot by Honore de Balzac: enduring as best he might the natural impatience of an eager
temperament for the reward desired and withheld for a year. Such
sensations are only known once in a life. The first woman to whom
a man is drawn, if she is really a woman--that is to say, if she
appears to him amid the splendid accessories that form a
necessary background to life in the world of Paris--will never
have a rival.
Love in Paris is a thing distinct and apart; for in Paris neither
men nor women are the dupes of the commonplaces by which people
seek to throw a veil over their motives, or to parade a fine
affectation of disinterestedness in their sentiments. In this
Father Goriot |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain: hesitatingly rose, and glanced furtively at his hat, then at his
wife--a sort of mute inquiry. Mrs. Cox swallowed once or twice,
with her hand at her throat, then in place of speech she nodded her
head. In a moment she was alone, and mumbling to herself.
And now Richards and Cox were hurrying through the deserted streets,
from opposite directions. They met, panting, at the foot of the
printing-office stairs; by the night-light there they read each
other's face. Cox whispered:
"Nobody knows about this but us?"
The whispered answer was:
"Not a soul--on honour, not a soul!"
The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg |
