Divide the group into four smaller groups and assign each group one of the words listed below. Read the story. After each of the words is read pause for the group to make the appropriate response.
ROPE
"I'm fit to be tied"
KNOT
Cross arms in front and say "What knot"
CUB SCOUT
"Where's the cookies?"
DEN MEETING
"Paint, cut, glue"
For those of you who can't imagine that a ROPE___ can come alive, this story may be hard to believe. Once there was a four foot piece of ROPE___ who wanted to become a CUB SCOUT___. The ROPE___ knew that in DEN MEETINGS___CUB SCOUTS___ learned to tie KNOTS___ in ROPES___. He had always wanted to learn how to tie himself into a KNOT___.
So the ROPE___ checked with a CUB SCOUT___ that he knew to find out when the next DEN MEETING___ was to be held. He put on his best tie, hitched up his pants, and headed for the meeting. The ROPE___ could tell he was at the right house because several CUB SCOUTS___ were arriving to begin the DEN MEETING___. The ROPE___ walked right in and said to the den leader "I want to be a CUB SCOUT___ and attend your DEN MEETINGS___". But the den leader said "I cannot let a ROPE___ be a CUB SCOUT___!"
Well the ROPE___ was really upset. He ran out of the DEN MEETING___, knot knowing what to do next. He ran outside into the gravel road and was run over by a bread truck. The ROPE___ was tumbled, rolled, crunched, and in general, pretty messed up. His ends were all unraveled, and he had been twisted into a quadruple half hitch KNOT___. The ROPE___ could not even remember who he was. But somehow he remembered he wanted to be a CUB SCOUT___ and that a DEN MEETING___ was going on that he should be attending. he stumbled to the front door and knocked. When the CUB SCOUT___ den leader opened the door, there was the unraveled half hitched ROPE___.
"I want to be a CUB SCOUT___," said the ROPE___. The den leader looked at him and said, "Aren't you the ROPE___ that was here a few minutes ago?" The ROPE___ looked right at the den leader and shouted, "I'm a frayed KNOT___".
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