A collection of creation stories explaining why owls hunt at night, why the dog was chosen to guard farm animals, why polar bears live at the North Pole, and how the elephant came to accept its unique and wonderful qualities.
A retelling of the Santa Ana Pueblo legend in which the Squirrel, the Rabbit, and the Badger are allowed by the animals' spirit Leader to climb from their homes in the Third World to the Fourth World, while the Coyote must stay in the Third World.
Describes how the creation of the world was begun by a woman who fell down to earth from the sky country, and how it was finished by her two sons Sapling and Flint.