IAS Read the excerpt from "The Crab That Played with the
Sea."
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.
He went North, Best Beloved, yand 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.
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.
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
The author repeats foreign expressions such as "Kun"
and "Payah kun" in the conversations between the
Magician and the animals.
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