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 for a cold winter.
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, we made a study," the weather man replies, "the Indians
are collecting wood like crazy!"
