| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Life of the Spider by J. Henri Fabre: lobbies communicating by means of sharp passages.
This lack of plan has no attendant drawbacks, so well does the
owner, from long habit, know every corner and storey of her
mansion. If any interesting buzz occur overhead, the Lycosa climbs
up from her rugged manor with the same speed as from a vertical
shaft. Perhaps she even finds the windings and turnings an
advantage, when she has to drag into her den a prey that happens to
defend itself.
As a rule, the end of the burrow widens into a side-chamber, a
lounge or resting-place where the Spider meditates at length and is
content to lead a life of quiet when her belly is full.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Unconscious Comedians by Honore de Balzac: the real to the fantastic. Driver, Vieille rue du Temple."
And all three were presently rolling in the direction of the Marais.
"What are you taking me to see now?" asked Gazonal.
"The proof of what Bixiou told you," replied Leon; "we shall show you
a woman who makes twenty thousand francs a year by working a fantastic
idea."
"A fortune-teller," said Bixiou, interpreting the look of the
Southerner as a question. "Madame Fontaine is thought, by those who
seek to pry into the future, to be wiser in her wisdom than
Mademoiselle Lenormand."
"She must be very rich," remarked Gazonal.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry: and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they
are wisest. They are the magi.
End of this Project Gutenberg Etext of THE GIFT OF THE MAGI.
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