| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Witch, et. al by Anton Chekhov: God I like to light a little lamp or a candle, and not to have a
noise around me. When I bow down to the ground I like the floor
not to be dirty or spat upon. And I bow down forty times every
morning and evening, praying for mamma."
The tramp took off his cap and crossed himself.
"And let them send me to Eastern Siberia," he said; "I am not
afraid of that."
"Surely that's no better?"
"It is quite a different thing. In penal servitude you are like a
crab in a basket: crowding, crushing, jostling, there's no room
to breathe; it's downright hell -- such hell, may the Queen of
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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 Copy-Cat & Other Stories by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: piled with branches of white coral and shells. Annie's
grandfather had been a sea-captain, and many of
his spoils were in the house. Possibly Annie's own
occupation of it was due to an adventurous strain
inherited from him. Perhaps the same impulse
which led him to voyage to foreign shores had led
her to voyage across a green yard to the next house.
Tom Reed sat down on the sofa. Annie sat in a
rocking-chair near by. At her side was a Chinese
teapoy, a nest of lacquer tables, and on it stood a
small, squat idol. Annie's grandmother had been
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