Question

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 time, and swallowed it and sat down to chew her cud. kun? said all-the-cow-there-was. payah kun, said the eldest magician: and he text cuts off. 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 \all-the-elephant-there-was,\ \all-the-beaver-there-was,\ and \all-the-turtle-there-was.\

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

1. First Option: The text says the Eldest Magician "breathed upon" the rocks/earth to make the Himalayas, not "blows in them" (incorrect phrasing and action). Eliminate.
2. Second Option: The animals (Elephant, Cow) use language ("Kun?") and the Magician responds, which is personification (giving human traits like speaking to animals). This fits.
3. Third Option: The Cow chews its cud (typical for cows), but the text does not mention a beaver building a dam. Eliminate (partial accuracy).
4. Fourth Option: The foreign expressions are "Kun" and "Payah kun", but the question is about repeating them—there’s no clear repetition pattern shown (e.g., same phrase multiple times in a way that’s a key feature). Eliminate.
5. Fifth Option: The text mentions "All-the-Elephant-there-was" and "All-the-Cow-there-was", but not "All-the-Beaver-there-was" or "All-the-Turtle-there-was". Eliminate (incomplete).

Answer:

The Eldest Magician and the animals engage in conversations using language, which is an example of personification.