From the description of the muskrat in paragraph 11, the reader can infer 10 points that -- *
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If there was dirt at the bottom of the ocean, it was far, far
below the surface in the cold deeps. But the animals said they
would try to get some. One by one the diving birds and
animals tried and failed. They went to the limits of their
endurance, but they could not get to the bottom of the ocean.
Finally, the muskrat said he would try. He dived and
disappeared. All the creatures waited, holding their breath,
but he did not return. After a long time, his little body floated
up to the surface of the ocean, a tiny crumb of earth clutched
in his paw. He seemed to be dead. They pulled him up on the
turtle's back and they sang and prayed over him and
breathed air into his mouth, and finally, he stirred. Thus it
was the muskrat, the Earth-Diver, who brought from the
bottom of the ocean the soil from which the earth was to
grow.