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Indian Winter and Grandma's House

Subject: Indian Winter
    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 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" 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."

Grandma's House
    Everyone was seated around the table as the food was being served Christmas morning. When little Johnny received his plate, he started eating right away.
     "Johnny, wait until we say our prayer," his mother reminded him.
     "I don't have to," the little boy replied.
     "Of course you do," his mother insisted, "we say a prayer before eating at our house.
    "That's at our house," Johnny explained, "but this is Grandma's house and she knows how to cook."