It was October and the Indians on a remote reservation 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 ever."
"How can you be so sure?" the Chief asked.
The weatherman replied, "The Indians are collecting firewood like
crazy."
PS: I was sent this by an analyst at the one of big research firms! Bundle up!!
