| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Copy-Cat & Other Stories by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: moon. He had gone up the mountain like an old
man; he came down like a young one.
When he came at last in sight of his own home,
he paused and stared. Across the grass-land a
heavily laden wagon was moving toward his barn.
Upon this wagon heaped with hay, full of silver
lights from the moon, sat a tall figure all in white,
which seemed to shine above all things. Christopher
did not see the man on the other side of the wagon
leading the horses; he saw only this wonderful
white figure. He hurried forward and Myrtle came
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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 Heritage of the Desert by Zane Grey: at once, only until dark I'd rather take chances here than out on the
trail."
"Snap said Dene would ride right into the Bishop's after Hare."
"No. He wouldn't dare."
"Father!" Dave Naab spoke sharply from where he stood high on a grassy
bank. "Here's Dene now, riding up with Culver, and some man I don't
know. They're coming in. Dene's jumped the fence! Look out!"
A clatter of hoofs and rattling of gravel preceded the appearance of a
black horse in the garden path. His rider bent low to dodge the vines of
the arbor, and reined in before the porch to slip out of the saddle with
the agility of an Indian. It was Dene, dark, smiling, nonchalant.
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