GOING DOWN IN HISTORY



Divide the group into five 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.
HISTORY Way back then" (Hold up both index fingers pointing different ways)
SCOUT or SCOUTING Be prepared (Give Scout Sign)
CUB SCOUT Do Your Best (Give Cub Scout sign)
HIKE or HIKING Hi Ho, Hi Ho
CAMP or CAMPING I Think I Hear a Bear!

This is a story that you won't find in a HISTORY___ book, but it will bring back memories to many of you who have had a similar experience. The story is about a CUB SCOUT___ named Johnny, and his first experience with HIKING___ and CAMPING___. This is how it all started. It was approaching the birthday of SCOUTING___ which is celebrated in February every year, and Johnny's CUB SCOUT___ Den Leader had read to the boys a story about the HISTORY___ of SCOUTING___ and how it got started.

Johnny could hardly wait until he was old enough to be a SCOUT___, so he asked his mother if he could plan a day of HIKING___ around the neighborhood and park, and also a night of CAMPING___ in their backyard with some of his friends. Mom consented, so Johnny CUB SCOUT___ called his friends and they planned it for the next weekend. When the day arrived, Johnny was so proud of himself. He thought he would someday be a SCOUT___ who would go down in HISTORY___, because he was so well prepared. At least, he thought he was prepared when the day began.

The CUB SCOUT___ went out to the tent to get the lunches, when he was shocked to find the paperbags and torn paper scattered all over the back yard. Looking around they yard, Johnny saw his dog, Scampy, munching on the last bit of the sandwiches and looking very contented. "Oh boy," thought Johnny, "I thought I would make a well prepared SCOUT___, but I wasn't prepared for this!"

After new lunches were made, the boys took their HIKE___. It was a great success and Johnny CUB SCOUT___ felt sure that history had been made by the record time in which they had accomplished everything that day. But alas! When bedtime arrived, the tent slumped down in a heap because it had not been put up right, and the sleeping bags were muddy from Scamp's dirty feet, and the batteries in the flashlights were dead. Johnny CUB SCOUT___ hung his head and said, "Boy, have I got a lot to learn about the SCOUTS___.

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