| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain: drinking?"
"Drinkin'? Has I ben a-drinkin'? Has I had a
chance to be a-drinkin'?"
"Well, then, what makes you talk so wild?"
"How does I talk wild?"
"HOW? Why, hain't you been talking about my
coming back, and all that stuff, as if I'd been gone
away?"
"Huck -- Huck Finn, you look me in de eye; look
me in de eye. HAIN'T you ben gone away?"
"Gone away? Why, what in the nation do you
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Wyoming by William MacLeod Raine: aplomb.
"Thinking of those willing boys of yours again, are you?" laughed
Bannister. "They're ce'tainly a heap prevalent with their
hardware, but their hunting don't seem to bring home any meat."
"By the way, how IS your ankle, Mr. Bannister? I forgot to ask."
This shot from the young woman.
He enjoyed it with internal mirth. "They did happen on the target
that time," he admitted. "Oh, it's getting along fine, but I aim
to do most of my walking on horseback for a while."
They swept past the first dangerous grove of cottonwoods in
safety, and rounded the boundary fence corner.
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