It was autumn, and the Indians on the remote reservation asked their new chief, who was really a Jew dressed like an Indian, if the winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he was really Jewish, he had never been taught the old Indian 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 being a practical leader, after several days he got an idea. He went to a 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. A week later he called the National Weather Service again. "Is it going to be a very cold winter?" he asked.

"Yes," the meteorologist 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. 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'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 wood like crazy."

Today's joke was taken from ChabadRochester.com.