Weatherman.

[Avonmouth Docker]

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."