| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum: his visitor to be shown at once into his throne room.
Jack felt no fear or embarrassment at meeting the ruler of this magnificent
city, for he was entirely ignorant of all worldly customs. But when he en-
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tered the room and saw for the first time His Majesty the Scarecrow seated
upon his glittering throne, he stopped short in amazement.
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71 His Majesty the Scarecrow
I suppose every reader of this book knows what a scarecrow is; but Jack
Pumpkinhead, never having seen such a creation, was more surprised at
meeting the remarkable King of the Emerald City than by any other one
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson: "You can do me a better service than even what you propose," said I;
and when he had asked its nature - "Come with me to the house of one of
my enemies, and testify how I have carried myself this day," I told
him. "That will be the true service. For though he has sent me a
gallant adversary for the first, the thought in Mr. Simon's mind is
merely murder. There will be a second and then a third; and by what
you have seen of my cleverness with the cold steel, you can judge for
yourself what is like to be the upshot."
"And I would not like it myself, if I was no more of a man than what
you wass!" he cried. "But I will do you right, Palfour. Lead on!"
If I had walked slowly on the way into that accursed park my heels were
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