Guest guest Posted November 21, 2001 Report Share Posted November 21, 2001 > > >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.> >> > A week later he called the National Weather Service> >again. "Is it> > going to be a very cold winter?"> >> > "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'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 wood> >like crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 21, 2001 Report Share Posted November 21, 2001 > > >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.> >> > A week later he called the National Weather Service> >again. "Is it> > going to be a very cold winter?"> >> > "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'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 wood> >like crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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