* Is the winter going to be cold?*
*Late fall and the Indians on a remote reservation in North Dakota asked their new chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild.* *Since he was a chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the old secrets. When he looked at the sky, he couldn't tell what the winter was going to be like.* *Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he told his tribe that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village should collect firewood to be prepared.* *But, 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,' the meteorologist at the weather service responded.* *So the chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more firewood in order to be prepared.* *A week later, he called the National Weather Service again. 'Does it still look like it is 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 firewood they could find.* *Two weeks later, the chief 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 looking more and more like it is going to be one of the coldest winters we've ever seen.'* *'How can you be so sure?' the chief asked. * *The weatherman replied, 'The Indians are collecting one hell-of-a-lot of firewood'* __._,_.___ __,_._,___ -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
