After successfully surviving the shaking tree, Maasu creeps up on the Kâchâmishikunich [‘Cut-off back of fish ones’] and stabs each of them with the three-barbed head of a harpoon, leaving them embedded in them. He does not kill them outright, as that would unleash a flood upon the world. He goes off to construct a raft which he loads with pairs of animals, as well as different kinds of vegetation. Walking away, he meets his elder sister Frog, singing that she is a healer, on her way to cure the Kâchâmishikunich. She does not recognize him, and mispronounces his name as Mîsw. Taking offence, Maasu peels off her skin, dons it and approached the wicked ones, singing her song “I am a healer, I am a healer". Although the Kâchâmishikunich find Frog's voice different, they allow Maasu to approach them; he throws off the frog skin, kills them and the flood waters begin to rise.
Regaining his raft, he finds the ugly Waterdog, whom he tells to face away from all the other animals, as they are frightened. Noticing logs loosened by the Giant Beaver floating by, he instructs them to swim by with teeth bared and eyes closed, then hits and breaks their teeth. Next the Giant Lynx try to tip the raft but, instructing them to close their eyes, Masw cuts off their tails and they die from blood loss, explaining the short tail of the modern lynx.
Now Maasu decides to create land so that the animals will be able to find food. In succession he lowers the water animals, otter, beaver, muskrat and seal, who all drown. Finally little Mink, who stays down longer than the others, also drowns. But she is hauled back up clutching sand and moss in her tiny paws.
Maasu blows on her to bring her back to life but explains to her that she will no longer be able to stay underwater for any length of time.
Blowing on the sand and moss, Maasu creates the world again. He enlarges it by continued blowing and sends Frog, Caribou and finally Loon to survey the extent of it.
Maasu now asks the animals to decide the length of the winter and summer seasons. Rejecting the number of spots on Loon's back and hairs between Caribou's toes, he chooses the six fingers and toes offered by Frog to comprise the twelve months and the animals return to their usual habitats.
