| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Mountains by Stewart Edward White: the ground. Bend it down towards your fire. Hang
your kettle on the end of it. If you have jabbed it
far enough into the ground in the first place, it will
balance nicely by its own spring and the elasticity
of the turf. The other method is to plant two forked
sticks on either side your fire over which a strong
cross-piece is laid. The kettles are hung on hooks
cut from forked branches. The forked branches are
attached to the cross-piece by means of thongs or withes.
On this occasion we had deer, grouse, and ducks
in the larder. The best way to treat them is as
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The White Moll by Frank L. Packard: yerself throwin' a fit! Go on, Pinkie, spill it."
"Sure!" said Pinkie eagerly. "Listen, Shluk! It ain't any crib
we're wantin' to crack, or nothin' like that. It's just a couple
of crooks that won't dare open their yaps to the bulls, 'cause what
we're after 'll be what they'll have pinched themselves. See?"
Shluker's face lost some of its belligerency, and in its place a
dawning interest came.
"What's that?" he demanded cautiously. "What crooks?"
"French Pete an' Marny Day," said Pinkie - and grinned.
"Oh!" Shluker's eyebrows went up. He looked at the Pug, and the
Pug winked knowingly with his half-closed left eyelid. Shluker
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