Fw: The Weather Report

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> > Subject: The weather report.

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> > 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 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. But also being a practical leader,

> > after several days he got an idea. He went to the phone booth, called

the

> > National Weather Service and asked,

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> > " Is the coming winter going to be cold? "

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> > " It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold indeed, " the

> > Meteorologist at the weather service responded.

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> > 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.

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> > " Is it going to be a very cold winter? " he asked.

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> > " 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 wood they could find.

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> > Two weeks later he called the National Weather Service again.

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> > " Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold? "

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> > " 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, " Because the Indians are collecting firewood

like

> > crazy. "

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