This type of creation is Creation by Earth Divers. This myth is characterized by two important elements: water and animals. The water is present before the earth is created, then there is an animal who plunges or dives into the water to get a portion of Earth to build a land that can be habitable.
Answer:
present.
Explanation:
It speaks of a past event (liking the old man) to a future plan (killing him). This cancels eachother out meaning it's present tense (if that makes sense).
What could be happening in this story is a character was off to school and left their phone at home on the kitchen table
