| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Options by O. Henry: a hundred pounds of veal in his summer suitings, and he had a 'where-
is-Mary?' expression on his features so plain that you could almost
see the wool growing on him.
"And yet you couldn't fence him away from the girls with barbed wire.
You know that kind of young fellows-a kind of a mixture of fools and
angels-they rush in and fear to tread at the same time; but they never
fail to tread when they get the chance. He was always on hand when 'a
joyful occasion was had,' as the morning paper would say, looking as
happy as a king full, and at the same time as uncomfortable as a raw
oyster served with sweet pickles. He danced like he had hind hobbles
on; and he had a vocabulary of about three hundred and fifty words
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The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: shopkeeper with a dignified air.
"Well, I will take it," said Mahin, and put
the coupon on the counter. "Wrap up the frame
and give me change. But please be quick. We
must be off to the theatre, and it is getting late."
"You have plenty of time," said the shop-
keeper, examining the coupon very closely because
of her shortsightedness.
"It will look lovely in that frame, don't you
think so? " said Mahin, turning to Mitia.
"Have you no small change? " asked the shop-
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