| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Master Key by L. Frank Baum: walls, lined the floor, made a grille of the ceiling and would catch an
unwary visitor under the chin or above the ankle just when he least
expected it. Yet visitors were forbidden in so crowded a room, and
even his father declined to go farther than the doorway. As for Rob,
he thought he knew all about the wires, and what each one was for; but
they puzzled even him, at times, and he was often perplexed to know
how to utilize them all.
One day when he had locked himself in to avoid interruption while he
planned the electrical illumination of a gorgeous pasteboard palace,
he really became confused over the network of wires. He had a
"switchboard," to be sure, where he could make and break connections
The Master Key |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: From the open gate of the city of maniacs came the answer-
ing cry of a lion. The little group waited where they stood
until presently they saw the majestic proportions of the black
lion as he approached them along the trail. When he had
rejoined them Tarzan fastened the fingers of one hand in the
black mane and started on once more toward the forest. Be-
hind them, from the city, rose a bedlam of horrid sounds, the
roaring of lions mingling with the raucous voices of the
screaming parrots and the mad shrieks of the maniacs. As
they entered the Stygian darkness of the forest the girl once
again involuntarily shrank closer to the ape-man, and this time
Tarzan the Untamed |
