Post by Allan on Dec 2, 2007 13:48:17 GMT -5
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, he
decided to seek advice from experts.
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
still
going to be a cold winter?" he asked. "Yes," the man at the
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 this winter is going to be very cold?" he
asked for
a third time. "Absolutely," the weatherman replied. "In fact, 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 gathering wood like
crazy." ;D
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, he
decided to seek advice from experts.
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
still
going to be a cold winter?" he asked. "Yes," the man at the
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 this winter is going to be very cold?" he
asked for
a third time. "Absolutely," the weatherman replied. "In fact, 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 gathering wood like
crazy." ;D