COLD WINTER

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 WITH LOTS OF SNOW 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 IS 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 ABSOLUTELY SURE

THAT THE WINTER IS GOING

TO BE VERY COLD?"

"ABSOLUTELY,"

THE MAN REPLIES,

"THE INDIANS ARE COLLECTING

WOOD LIKE CRAZY!"