The world is now filled with life: birds clamor merrily and fish swim and jump in the waters. Raven and Eagle walk among the new animals, instructing them on how they should behave but the animals ignore them or make rude gestures.
They meet Frog, who tells them of a great clam shell with a wondrous surprise inside. Raven, ever curious, finds the clam shell on the beach, but it just sits there doing nothing. Frustrated, Raven kicks at it and he hears a cry issue forth. Eagle is uneasy and suggests they walk on but Raven ignores him. Prying open the shell he finds tiny men inside.
Eagle finds the men quite unpleasant to look at, but Raven is intrigued. He decides to take charge of the men, teaching them how to make fire, to hunt; he even tries to teach them how to fly. Of course it all turns out as quite a mess. He grows bored again and despairs because Eagle won't let him leave them alone.
Frog returns and tells Eagle and Raven about another shell slightly different from the first. Raven goes to this second shell and this time introduces its inhabitants, the Women, to the boys, but it doesn’t go as planned. Raven decides he’s had enough and figures out a way to get rid of all of them by coaxing them back into the shell. He and Eagle soon forget about the clam shells and the strange creatures inside.
A year passes and as Raven and Eagle decide to re-visit the beach, where they find the clam shells now empty. The lower their heads in a memorial for the people they assume have died. They turn, walk over a hill and... run smack into a village of people with their children.