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."