| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The American by Henry James: with me all the more."
"They have not done well--I must say it," said Mrs. Bread.
"But you mustn't blame the poor countess; they pressed her hard."
"I would give a million of dollars to know what they did
to her!" cried Newman.
Mrs. Bread sat with a dull, oblique gaze fixed upon the lights of
the chateau. "They worked on her feelings; they knew that was the way.
She is a delicate creature. They made her feel wicked.
She is only too good."
"Ah, they made her feel wicked," said Newman, slowly; and then
he repeated it. "They made her feel wicked,--they made her feel wicked."
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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 Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum: after that the fight was over.
The King stormed and danced around in a dreadful fury,
for he had never been so switched since he was a boy --
and perhaps not then. He ordered the Scarecrow thrust
into the castle prison, which was no task at all because
one man could carry him easily, bound. as he was.
Even after the prisoner was removed the King could not
control his anger. He tried to figure out some way to be
revenged upon the straw man, but could think of nothing
that could hurt him. At last, when the terrified people
and the frightened courtiers had all slunk away, old
The Scarecrow of Oz |
