| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Young Forester by Zane Grey: be looked after, and drove the pack-ponies into the trail. As we rode out
we passed several of the horses that we had decided to leave behind, and as
they wanted to follow us it was necessary to drive them back.
I had my hands full with the big, steel-jawed steed I was trying to hold
in. It was the hardest work of the kind that I had ever undertaken. I had
never worn spurs, but now I began to wish for them. We traveled at a good
clip, as fast as the pack-ponies could go, and covered a long distance by
camping-time. I was surprised that we did not get out of the canyon. The
place where we camped was a bare, rocky opening, with a big pool in the
center. While we were making camp it suddenly came over me that I was
completely bewildered as to our whereabouts. I could not see the mountain
The Young Forester |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Phantasmagoria and Other Poems by Lewis Carroll: "If after this he says no more,
You'd best perhaps curtail your
Exertions - go and shake the door,
And then, if he begins to snore,
You'll know the thing's a failure.
"By day, if he should be alone -
At home or on a walk -
You merely give a hollow groan,
To indicate the kind of tone
In which you mean to talk.
"But if you find him with his friends,
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