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Brian Downing (brian@raven.cybercomm.net) writes:
> i have to give a scoutmaster minute at our trops court of honor the 
> scoutmaster usally does this but he asked me to do it. if any one has a 
> good story. with the theam of teamwork i would love to get a copy of it
> thanks 
> brina

In Canada, we have a SCOUTERS FIVE:

from THE BEST OF THE LEADER and others...

When night ends...

"How can we determine the hour of dawn - when the night ends and the 
day begins?" the rabbi asked of his students.
     "When, from a distance, you can distinguish between a dog and a 
sheep?" one of his students suggested.
     "No" the rabbi answered.
     "Is it when you can distinguish between a fig tree and a grapevine?" 
another student asked.
     "No" he replied.
     "Please tell us the answer, then" said the students.
     "It is when you can look into the face of a human being and have 
enough light to recognize in him your brother," the wise teacher replied. 
"Until then, it is night, and the darkness is still with us."

- - - - - - - - - -

Everybody's canoe...

     A young Indian brave was busy at work carving a canoe out of a log. 
As he worked, members of the tribe passed by. Everybody had a piece 
of advice to offer the young man.
     "I think you are making your canoe too wide," one of them said. The 
young brave, wishing to show respect for the advice of an elder, narrowed 
down the canoe.
     A little later, another warrior stopped by. "I'm afraid you are
cutting 
the stern too full," he said. Again, the young brave listened to his elder 
and cut down the stern.
     Very soon, yet another member of the tribe stopped, watched awhile, 
then said, "The bow is too sheer." The young brave accepted this advice 
as well and changed the line of the bow.
     Finally the canoe was complete and the young brave launched it. As 
soon as it hit the water, it capsized. Laboriously he hauled it back onto
the 
beach. Then he found another log and began to work anew.
     Very soon, a member of his tribe stopped by to offer some advice, but 
this time the young brave was ready.
     "See that canoe over there?" he asked, pointing to the useless craft 
on the beach. "That is everybody's canoe." Then he nodded at the work 
in progress. "This one," he said, "is my canoe"

- - - - - - - - - -

The Traveller and the Tracker...

Once a Traveller and a Tracker set out to explore the world together. As 
they wound their way through the wilderness, the Traveller was amazed 
at the Tracker's habit of pausing several times a day to pray.
     "Why do you pray to something intangible?" the Traveller asked. "How 
do you know there is a God?"
     Now the Tracker was very skilled in noticing things and, through the 
years, had gained much insight reading the smallest signs. And he 
answered the Traveller this way:
     "I know there is a God when I see the leaves turning yellow. I know 
there is a God when a trout jumps at a fly, and when grass waves in the 
dry wind. I know there is a God when clouds shade my head and the stars 
wink at night."
     "So you see," said the Tracker, "I know there is a God, for I can see 
his footprints throughout the Universe."

- - - - - - - - - -

An Ancient Prayer

[found on the wall of an old Inn in Lancashire, England]

Give us, Lord, a bit o' sun
a bit o' work and a bit o' fun;
give us all in th' struggle and splutter
our daily bread and a bit o' butter.

Give us health, our keep to make
an' a bit to spare for poor folks sake;
give us sense, for we're some of us duffers,
an' a heart to feel for all that suffers.

Give us, too, a bit of a song,
an' a tale, and a book to help us along,
an' give us our share o' sorrow's lesson
that we may prove how grief's a blessing.

Give us, Lord, a chance to be
our goodly best, brave, wise and free,
our goodly best for ourselves and others
till all men learn to live as brothers.

Amen.



A Closing...

Wood and water ... wind and tree
Wisdom ... Strength ... and courtesy
Scouting's spirit go with thee.

- - - - - - - - - -

We look about us ...

Useful in an open setting Scouts Own, use surroundings to fill out the 
lines, take your time and encourage the Scouts to look about themselves.

We look about us ... and see the grass and trees ...

We look about us ... and see the blue sky and crystal waters ...

We look about us ... and see the birds and animals that live in this world 
with us ...

We look about us ... and see the camp where we have had so much fun 
...

We look about us ... and see our brothers (and sisters) in Scouting ...

We look about us ... and see God's Hand everywhere ...

We look about us ...

- - - - - - - - - -

Chief Dan George's Prayer

O Great Spirit!
Whose voice I hear in the wind, whose breath gives life to the world ... 
hear me.

I come to you as one of your many children ... I am small and weak, I 
need your strength and your wisdom.

May I walk in beauty.

Make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset, make my hands 
respect the things that you have made, and my ears sharp to hear your 
voice.

Make me wise, so that I may know the things You have taught your 
children, in every leaf and rock.

Make me strong, not to be suspect to my brothers but to be able to fight 
my greatest enemy ... myself.

Make me ever ready to come to You with straight eyes, so, that when life 
fades, as the faded sunset, my spirit will come to You without shame.

- - - - - - - - - -

Ten Commandments of Human Relations.

Speak to people - there is nothing as nice as a cheerful word of greeting.

Smile at people - it takes sixty-five muscles to frown, only fifteen to smile.

Call people by name - the sweetest music to anyone's ear is the sound 
of their own name.

Be friendly and helpful - if you would have friends, be friendly.

Be cordial - speak and act as if everything that you do is a real pleasure.

Be genuinely interested in people - you can like everybody if you try.
Be generous with praise - cautious with criticism.

Be considerate of the feelings of others - it will be appreciated.

Be thoughtful of the opinions of others - there are three sides to a 
controversy; yours, the other person's, and the right one.

Be alert to give service - what counts most in life is what we do for others.

- - - - - - - - - -

When You Walk Through The Woods.

When you walk through the woods, 
I want you to see ...
The floating gold of a bumble bee,
Rivers of sunlight, pools of shade
Toadstools sleeping in mossy jade
A cobweb net with a catch of dew
Treetop cones against the blue
Dancing flowers, bright green flies
And birds that put rainbows in your eyes.

When you walk through the woods,
I want you to hear ...
A million sounds in your eager ear
The scratch and rattle of wind-tossed trees
The rush as a timid chipmunk flees
The cry of a hawk from the distant sky
The purr of leaves when a breeze rolls by
Brooks that mumble, stones that ring
And birds that teach your heart to sing.

When you walk through the woods,
I want you to feel ...
That no mere human could make this real
Could paint the throb of a bullerfly's wing
Could teach a wood thrush how to sing
Could create these wonders of earth and sky
There's something greater than you or I.
When you walk through the woods 
and the birches nod
Please, meet a friend of mine named God.


Hope this proves useful,

Yours in Scouting
Scouter Ian


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Scouter Ian Ross (VE3ARE)
First Collins Bay Sea Venturers
Kingston, Ontario
ROSS@KRDC.INT.ALCAN.CA