As he walked down the path, thinking about this and that, he came across a lizard.
"Hello, there." He said, "Who are you?"
"A lizard, obviously." It replied, sounding offended.
Flummoxed by this answer, he asked, "What, then, is it that makes you a lizard?"
"I do!" It shouted, then skittered away under a rock.
He continued to walk until he found he had become tired and came across a magnificent tree. A great weeping willow. The curtain of tiny leaves created a canopy for him as he rested under the tree.
"Hullo!" said one of the tiny leaves.
"Hello, there. Who are you?"
The leaf replied with warmth and energetic kindness, "I am this tree!"
The leaf replied with warmth and energetic kindness, "I am this tree!"
Hearing that, he laughed himself to sleep.