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.
âKun?â said All-the-Elephant-there-was, meaning, âIs this right?â
âPayah kun,â said the Eldest Magician, meaning, âThat is quite rightâ; 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 time, and swallowed it and sat down to chew her cud.
âKun?â said All-the-Cow-there-was.
âPayah kun,â said the Eldest Magician; and he breathed upon the bare patch where she had eaten, and upon the place where she had sat down, and one became the great Indian Desert, and the other became the Desert of Sahara, and you can look them out on the map.
He went West, and he found All-the-Beaver-there-was making a beaver-dam across the mouths of broad rivers that had been got ready for him.
âKun?â said All-the-Beaver-there-was.
âPayah kun,â said the Eldest Magician; and he breathed upon the fallen trees and the still water, and they became the Everglades in Florida, and you may look them out on the map.
Then he went South and found All-the-Turtle-there-was scratching with his flippers in the sand that had been got ready for him, and the sand and the rocks whirled through the air and fell far off into the sea.
âKun?â said All-the-Turtle-there-was.
âPayah kun,â said the Eldest Magician; and he breathed upon the sand and the rocks, where they had fallen in the sea, and they became the most beautiful islands of Borneo, Celebes, Sumatra, Java, and the rest of the Malay Archipelago, and you can look them out on the map!
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.
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.
The author refers to the animals as "A
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