| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum: heads, with little bells around the brims that tinkled sweetly as
they moved. The hats of the men were blue; the little woman's hat
was white, and she wore a white gown that hung in pleats from her
shoulders. Over it were sprinkled little stars that glistened in
the sun like diamonds. The men were dressed in blue, of the same
shade as their hats, and wore well-polished boots with a deep roll
of blue at the tops. The men, Dorothy thought, were about as old
as Uncle Henry, for two of them had beards. But the little woman
was doubtless much older. Her face was covered with wrinkles, her
hair was nearly white, and she walked rather stiffly.
When these people drew near the house where Dorothy was
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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 Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln: excused, and after a slight pause the deputy coroner, Dr. Mayo,
left his table and his notes and occupied the witness chair, after
first being sworn. The preliminaries did not consume much time,
and Penfield's manner was brisk as he addressed his assistant.
"Did you make a post-mortem examination of Turnbull?" he asked.
"I did, sir, in the presence of the morgue master and Dr. McLane."
Dr. Mayo displayed an anatomical chart, drawing his pencil down it
as he talked. "We found from the condition of the heart that the
deceased had suffered from angina pectoris" - he paused and spoke
more slowly - "in examining the gastric contents we found the
presence of aconitine."
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