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.

Match the definition to the word for a better understanding of the paragraph. 1 money does not buy happiness or security. 2john ringling, one of the five brothers of the ringling brothers circus, started out in 1884 with a trained horse and a performing bear. 3for over forty years, he worked hard at the family enterprise, bought up smaller circuses, and imported new acts. 4in the 1920s, he was rated as one of the world's wealthiest men and owned every sizable circus in the country. 5over 5,000 people were on his payroll, and over 240 railroad cars were in his retinue each time the circus moved. 6at the time of his death, however, he was a nervous, unhappy man; he was also bankrupt and beset by lawsuits. 7his carefully built circus empire passed into alien hands. 8all those years of work had turned to dust. 1. business organization alien 2. group beset 3. without funds to pay debts retinue 4. troubled or harassed enterprise 5. strange; belonging to another person, place, country, or thing bankrupt