In October, the Indians asked their Chief if the coming winter
was going to be cold or not. Not really knowing the answer,
the chief replied that the winter will be cold and that the
members of the village should collect wood to be prepared.

Being a good leader, he then went to a phone booth, called
the National Weather Service and asked, “Is this winter to be
cold?”

The man on the phone responded, “This winter is indeed going
to be very cold.”

So the Chief went back to encourage his people to collect
even more wood to be prepared. A week later he called the
National Weather Service again, and asked again, “Is it going
to be a very cold winter?”

“Yes,” the man replied, “it's going to be a very cold winter.”

The Chief went back to his people and ordered them to go out
and bring back 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?”

“Absolutely” the man replies, “the Indians are collecting wood
like crazy!”