WOODY

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!"