Knowing Your Flora
Two tall trees, a birch and a beech, are growing in the woods.
A small tree begins to grow between them.
The beech says to the birch: "Is that a son of a beech
or a son of a birch?"
The birch says he cannot tell.
Just then a woodpecker lands on the sapling.
The birch 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. It is, however, the best piece of ash I have ever put
my pecker in."
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