>> here is one:
>>
>> 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 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 and 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 poked my pecker into.
