Read this excerpt from "How the World Was Made." Water Beetle darted in every direction over the surface of the water, but it could find no place to rest. There was no land at all. Then Water Beetle dived to the bottom of the water and brought up some soft mud.

How does this incident propel the action of the story?

Water Beetle decides he wants to live in the water forever.

The mud that Water Beetle finds is used to create the earth.

The mud Water Beetle finds grows until it becomes a mountain.

Water Beetle finds the stream that leads to the underworld.

thick as the foliage of the waving wood; the figurative language that is used here is referring to a battle. there are two mountains that are facing opposite of each other, and they have armies better stick like a forest.

what are the sentences?

the god   the goddess of salt water, of fresh water   yet more powerful and perfect.

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