Indians On The Remote Reservation

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. He told them that the members of the village

should collect wood to be prepared.

Being a practical leader, after several days, the chief 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, the chief called the National Weather Service again "Is

it going to be a very cold winter?", he asked.

The man at the National Weather Service replied, "Yes. It's going to

be a very cold winter."

Again, the chief went back to his people. This time, he told them to make sure and collect every scrap of wood they could find.

Two weeks later, he went back to the phone booth, and called the National

Weather Service, just to be sure. "Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?", he asked.

"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, "Because the Indians are collecting firewood like crazy."

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