Sam, a Californian woodpecker, was
visiting his cousin Woody, a Minnesota woodpecker, in Itasca State Park, the headwaters of
the Mississippi River. Sam started to complain to Woody, "You know, these trees in
Minnesota are tiny. Why you should come to California! We have trees so big, you can drive
your car through them!"
"Well, maybe I should," declared
Woody. "I'll come up in the winter when it is too cold in Minnesota to fool
around."
So, in December, Woody flew to Northern
California, and Sam took him to Muir Woods, where true to his word, the trees were huge.
Some of the trees were over 2000 years old!
Woody picked the largest tree he could find
to work on, but all of a sudden a huge storm threatened the park, and as Woody worked on
his tree, lightning struck and split the tree in two. Woody shook his head in surprise.
"It is always amazing how strong my pecker gets on my vacation!"
