Here's an excerpt from a beloved fairytale, "How a woodpecker chopped a Spruce-tree". This is from the book, Tales of the Amber sea: Fairy Tales Of The Peoples Of Estonia, Latvia And Lithuania by Irina Zheleznova and Anatoly Belyukin.

"A woodpecker once flew up to a spruce-tree, lighted on its very top, and, rocking back and forth, sang:

"I will chop this spruce-tree down,
Make a cudgel of its crown,
Wave it once and at a blow
Every beast I see lay low! ""

The lines above are the opening lines of the story. The animals of the jungle who hear the woodpecker's threat are frightened and run helter-skelter spreading the news far and wide and calling a counsel to prevent the spruce tree from falling. Soon, it is decided that the animals will hold on to the tree at the sides and thus prevent it from falling. They collect around the tree and start pushing and pulling which makes the tree shake and finally snap in two. The animals are in awe of the woodpecker's strength as he claims his victory in having chopped down the spruce tree.

So relevant in real life too, isn't it?

http://www.fairy-tales.parnas.info/en/lithunian/woodpecker.html