> > A Very Cold Winter...
> >
> > It was autumn, and the Indians on the remote reservation asked their new
> > Chief if the winter was going to be cold or mild.
> >
> >
> > Since he was an Indian Chief in a modern society, he had never been
> > taught the old secrets, and when he looked at the sky, he couldn't tell
> > what the weather was going to be.
> >
> >
> > Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he replied to his tribe that the
> > winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village
> > should collect wood to be prepared.
> >
> >
> > But also being a practical leader, after several days he got an idea. He
> > went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked,
> > "Is the coming winter going to be cold?"
> >
> >
> > "It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold indeed," the
> > Meteorologist at the weather service responded.
> >
> >
> > So the Chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more
> > wood in order to be prepared.
> >
> >
> > One week later he called the National Weather Service again. "Is it
> > going to be a very cold winter?" he asked.
> >
> >
> > "Yes," the man at National Weather Service again replied, "it's going to
> > be a very cold winter."
> >
> >
> > The Chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect
> > every scrap of wood they could find.
> >
> >
> > Two weeks later he called the National Weather Service again. "Are you
> > absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?"
> >
> >
> > "Absolutely," the man replied. "It looks like it's going to be one of
> > the coldest winters ever."
> >
> >
> > "How can you be so sure?" the Chief asked.
> >
> >
> > The weatherman replied, "The Indians are collecting firewood like
> > crazy."
> >