| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from One Basket by Edna Ferber: During all this time she had been listening, listening, with her
subconscious ear. Listening for something she had refused to
name definitely in her mind, but listening, just the same;
waiting.
And then, at eight o'clock, it came. The rattle of a key in the
lock. The boom of the front door. Firm footsteps.
He did not go to meet her, and she did not go to meet him. They
came together and were in each other's arms. She was weeping.
"Now, now, old girl. What's there to cry about? Don't, honey;
don't. It's all right." She raised her head then, to look at
him. How fresh and rosy and big he seemed, after that little
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Adventure by Jack London: show of rising anger. "Big bell he ring. You no belong along
here. You belong along field. Bime by, big fella bell he ring,
you stop along kai-kai, you come talk along me about two fella
Mary. Now all you boy get along out of here."
The gang waited to see what Bellin-Jama would do, and Bellin-Jama
stood still.
"Me no go," he said.
"You watch out, Bellin-Jama," Sheldon said sharply, "or I send you
along Tulagi one big fella lashing. My word, you catch 'm strong
fella."
Bellin-Jama glared up belligerently.
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| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: That sought to be encompass'd with your crown;
Doth not the object cheer your heart, my lord?
KING HENRY.
Ay, as the rocks cheer them that fear their wreck;
To see this sight, it irks my very soul.--
Withhold revenge, dear God! 't is not my fault,
Nor wittingly have I infring'd my vow.
CLIFFORD.
My gracious liege, this too much lenity
And harmful pity must be laid aside.
To whom do lions cast their gentle looks?
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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 Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter: old wooden houses in Gloucester
came a thousand merry voices singing
the old Christmas rhymes--all the old
songs that ever I heard of, and some
that I don't know, like Whittington's
bells.
Under the wooden eaves the
starlings and sparrows sang of
Christmas pies; the jackdaws woke up
in the Cathedral tower; and although
it was the middle of the night the
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