Two tall trees are growing in
the woods. A small tree begins to grow between them. One tree says to the other,
"Is that a son of a beech or a son of a birch?"
The other says he cannot
tell. Just then a woodpecker lands on the sapling. One of the tall trees says,
"Woodpecker, you are a tree expert. Can you tell if that is a son of a beech or
a son of a birch?"
The woodpecker takes a taste of the small tree. He
replies, "It is neither a son of a beech nor a son of a birch. That, my friends,
is the best piece of ash I have ever put my pecker in."
