Creation of the world

In whose yard is there an apple tree?
In our yard there is an apple tree.
How many branches on the apple tree?
Three there were branches on the apple tree.
How many blossoms on the branches?
Three there were blossoms on each branch.
How many apples for each blossom?
One there was an apple for each blossom.
    When the apples were ripe,
along came a wind and raised a storm,
it shook the apples into the sea.
From the sea arose a many-coloured bird,
it flew through our yard,
and down into our copse.
    Three there are bushes in our copse:
one bush was a silver bush,
another bush was a copper bush,
the third was golden filigreed.
    The bird started to build a nest,
to collect bits of wood.
When it got the nest ready,
it started to lay eggs;
when the eggs were laid,
it started to hatch them out;
when they were hatched,
it started to raise them,
raise them and prise them;
when the chicks were grown,
it started to drop them.
    It placed one as the sun over the world,
another as the moon in the heavens,
the third as a stone in the field.