Water creatures lived in a place of only water, before the world was created.
A beautiful princess fell from the Sky World one day, but was saved by two loons who had been passing by.
There was earth at the very bottom of the sea so different water creatures made an attempt to find some earth to bring back for the princess to live on.
EARTH
The beaver made an effort but died after reaching the surface, then, the otter tried but experienced the same result.
Then, the toad was the last creature and successfully brought back a small amount of dirt to the Great Turtle before dying as well.