Two tall trees, a birch and a beech, are growing in the woods. A small tree begins to grow between them, and the beech says to the birch, "Is that my progeny or yours?" 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 which of us is the father of that sapling?” The woodpecker takes a taste of the small tree.

"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

                                                  The Silver Minx