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Semmer, the limping boy, sowed land formerly, Sowed humid dells, birches sprang up—sowed hills, spruces grew up, Sowed hillocks, firs grew up—sowed ridges, aspens grew up, Little [v. bushy] pines grew up, wretched saplings sprang up, Tall slender firs grew up, huge airy pines, Bird-cherries grew, oaks grew, unbending junipers grew, The juniper has fair berries, the bird-cherry has good fruit. The Creator uttered from the sky, the pure God speaks forth: "All trees are created by God, are grown by the Omnipotent, Are rocked by Tuuletar' are tended by chilly wind, Put to sleep by frosty weather, suckled by hard frost."

1 Swamp's girl (and) Heather's (Kanerva) son started off to sow land, 1 Kyyni walked over sandy heaths, Kyyni sowed the sandy heaths.

A wolf was running on the ice, a pike was swimming beneath the ice, A hair of the wolf snapt off—a pale grey tooth of the pike. Lovely Kati, youthful maiden, plucked the hair from the ice, Dug the root end into a heath—into Ukko's black mud, Planted the top end in a dell, the wind blows against the top end. Hence a birth took place, hence a family was bred, Hence a large fir with scored bark grew up, a "moist with honey" in Metsola, It was cradled by Hongatar, swung to and fro by Lemmetar, Tended by Kangahatar, rocked by Tuuletar, Put to sleep by chilly wind, suckled by hard frost.