The
Indians asked their Chief in autumn,
if the winter was going to be cold or
not. Not really knowing an
answer, the chief replies that the winter
was going to be cold and
that the members of the village were to collect
wood to be
prepared.

Being a good leader, he then went to the next phone booth and
called
the National Weather Service and asked, “Is this winter to be
cold?”

The man on the phone responded, “This winter was going to
be quite
cold indeed.” So the Chief went back to speed up his
people to collect
even more wood to be prepared.

A week later he
called the National Weather Service again, “Is it
going to be a
VERY cold winter?”

“Yes”, the man replied, “it’s going to be a
very cold winter.”

So the Chief goes back to his people and orders
them to go and find
every scrap of wood they can find. Two weeks
later he calls the National
Weather Service again: “Are you absol
utely sure, that the winter is
going to be very
cold?”

“Absolutely” the man replies, “the Indians are collecting wood like

crazy!”