Son of a Beech
Two tall trees, a birch and a beech, are growing in the woods. A small tree begins to grow between them.
As the sprout grows into a young sapling, the two trees began to wonder which of them the small tree would take after.
Then one day a woodpecker lands in 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. That, my friends, is the best piece of ash I have ever put my pecker in.”