| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: flesh of his forearm before the ape-man could snatch
it away, and she pursued him for a short distance
as he retreated incontinently through the trees;
but Teeka, carrying her baby, could not overtake him.
At a safe distance Tarzan stopped and turned to regard
his erstwhile play-fellow in unconcealed astonishment.
What had happened to so alter the gentle Teeka? She had
so covered the thing in her arms that Tarzan had not yet
been able to recognize it for what it was; but now, as she
turned from the pursuit of him, he saw it. Through his
pain and chagrin he smiled, for Tarzan had seen young ape
The Jungle Tales of Tarzan |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson: baling of water and severe work at the oars, the three boats
reached the floating light, where some new difficulties
occurred in getting on board in safety, owing partly to the
exhausted state of the men, and partly to the violent rolling
of the vessel.
As the tide flowed, it was expected that the SMEATON
would have got to windward; but, seeing that all was safe,
after tacking for several hours and making little progress,
she bore away for Arbroath, with the praam-boat. As there was
now too much wind for the pilot-boat to return to Arbroath,
she was made fast astern of the floating light, and the crew
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