SS Unit Test

Actions speak louder than words.

People are afraid of change but things always change

Too much ambition leads to negative results: self-destruction, envy, downfall.

Greed leads to negative outcomes: suffering, disaster, catastrophe.

Lord Strawberry, a nobleman, collected birds. He had the finest aviary in Europe, so large that eagles did not find it uncomfortable, so well laid out that both hummingbirds and snow-buntings had a climate that suited them perfectly.

For quite a while Mr. Poldero considered his phoenix a bargain. It was a civil and obliging bird, and adapted itself readily to its new surroundings. It did not cost much to feed, it did not mind children; and though it had no tricks, Mr. Poldero supposed it would soon pick up some.

"Suppose," continued Mr. Ploldero, "we could somehow get him alight? We'd advertise it beforehand, of course, work up interest. Then we'd have a new bird, and a bird with some romance about it, a bird with a life story. We could sell a bird like that."

It was not easy to age the phoenix. Its allowance of food was halved, and halved again, but though it grew thinner its eyes were undimmed and its plumage glossy as ever. The heating was turned off; but it puffed out its feathers against the cold, and seemed none the worse.

At that moment the phoenix and the pyre burst into flames. The flames streamed upwards, leaped out on every side. In a minute or two everything was burned to ashes, and some thousand people, including Mr. Poldero, perished in the blaze.

Words like perch, plumage, and quiver emphasize the excitement of Mr. Poldero's plans.

Words like quiver, staggering, and wearily emphasize the abuse that the phoenix has been subjected to.

Words like stirred, descended, and perch emphasize the compelling and powerful nature of the phoenix despite its abuse.

Words like dull, twigs, and shavings emphasize the detail put into the phoenix's nest.

Mr. Poldero

Lord Strawberry

Mr. Ramkin

The phoenix

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.

It is difficult to say who does you the most harm: enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the best.

Survival, if not peace, is maintained through mutual preying and destruction of outsiders.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.

It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

weird

magical

angry

desolate

dreamy