there."
The woodpecker smiled: "If I did that, other birds would come and
find my food store and steal my acorns. But the holes I make are of
different sizes. When I put the acorns I find into the holes, I store them
according to their size. The size of the acorn exactly matches the hole
I put it into. That way the acorn fits tightly into the hole. Because Allah
created my beak so that I can take the acorns back out of the holes
easily, I can take them from the trees without any problem. But other
birds can't do that, so my food is safe. Of course, I don't have the
brains to think all that out. I'm only a woodpecker. Allah makes me
do these things. It is Allah Who taught me how to hide my food and
Who created my beak in
the right way for me to do
it. Really, it isn't just me—
all living creatures are
able to do the things they
do because that is what
Allah taught them."
Irfan agreed: "You're
right. Thank you for telling
me all that... You re-
minded me the great
power of Allah."
Irfan said goodbye to
his little friend and went
back to his father. He was
very happy because wher-
ever he looked he could
see another of Allah's mir-
acles.
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