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PREDICTING A COLD WINTER
Posted by
PEGASUS
(VIP) 8 Dec 2004 3:18pm
We collect a lot of firewood here in the Port Severn Area.
This is why:
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 heck 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. 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 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.
One week later he called the National Weather Service
again. 'Is it going to be a very cold winter?' he asked.
Yes,' the man at National Weather 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 the
winter is going to be very cold?'
'Absolutely,' the man replied.
'It looks like 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 collecting
firewood like crazy.'
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