Three cowboys had been riding the range since early in the morning.
One of them was a member of the Navajo Nation. Being busy with herding
stray cattle all day, there had been no time for the three of them to
eat. Toward the end of the day, two of the cowboys started talking about
how hungry they were and about the huge meals they were going to eat
when they reached town. When one of the cowboys asked the Navajo if he
was also hungry, he just shrugged his shoulders and said,
"No." Later that evening, after they had arrived in town, all
three ordered large steak dinners. As the Navajo proceeded to eat
everything in sight with great gusto, one of his friends reminded him
that less than an hour earlier he had told them that he was not hungry.
"Not wise to be hungry then," he replied. "No food."