Toad

In another variant of the Chang’e story, Chang’e drinks the immortality elixir and is changed into a toad. The Salish people of the Pacific Coast of North America tell the story of a wolf’s love for the toad. Once upon a time, the wolf fell madly in love with the toad. The toad did not trust the wolf and went into hiding. The wolf was disconsolate, and one night the wolf prayed to the Moon to shine brightly on the world so he could find his beloved toad. The wolf saw where the toad was hiding and chased her all night. Just as the wolf was about to catch her, the toad made one last desperate giant leap…and landed on the Moon, where she remains to this day.