Read the excerpt from "The Crab That Played with the
Sea."
He went North, Best Beloved, and he found All-the-
Elephant-there-was digging with his tusks and
stamping with his feet in the nice new clean earth that
had been made ready for him.
'Kun?' said All-the-Elephant-there-was, meaning, 'Is
this right?'
'Payah kun,' said the Eldest Magician, meaning, That
is quite right'; and he breathed upon the great rocks
and lumps of earth that All-the-Elephant-there-was
had thrown up, and they became the great Himalayan
Mountains, and you can look them out on the map.
He went East, and he found All-the-Cow-there-was
feeding in the field that had been made ready for her,
and she licked her tongue round a whole forest at a
Which details from the excerpt best support the
conclusion that this story is about the creation of the
world? Select two options.
Things turn into geographical features of the Earth,
such as the Himalayas, when the Eldest Magician
blows on them.
The Eldest Magician and the animals engage in
conversations using language, which is an example
of personification.
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The animals engage in activities that are typical of
their species, such as the cow chewing its cud and
the beaver building a dam.
The author repeats foreign expressions such as
"Kun" and "Payah kun" in the conversations
between the Magician and the animals.