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By their sounds ye may know them
I'm a pretty good outdoorsman. I can
recognize a great number of birds, insects,
and other wildlife by sight or sound. But
one day last summer at camp 1 was
stumped.
I was sitting, resting, preparing for an
afternoon of 100-degree-plus tempera-
tures when I heard an unusual noise. Was
it a locust? Or a warbler? Or a larger bird?
Perhaps it was some obscure mammal.
With more intent listening, it actually
sounded a lot like a muffled London
bobby's whistle.
I knew the direction it came from, so,
curious about the sound, I set off to track it
down. I pushed through scrub oak, past
cedars that tore at my legs, tredded gin-
gerly through patches of prickly pear.
Though sporadic, the noise grew more
intense.
It was definitely coming from a neigh-
boring troop's campsite. It seemed to
emanate from one tent. I was close to my
quarry. Perhaps the insect or whatever it
was was under the tent floor. I threw back
the tent flaps. There, squatting in the
center of the floor were two Scouts playing
with an electronic football game. The
"insect" noise was generated by the small
battery-powered game.
1 smiled and excused myself, saying
something like, "Oops! Sorry! Wrong
tent"—not willing to admit my ignorance
of the sound of progress.
A nonymous
How do you start a Cub pack?
"What do 1 have to do to start a Cub
pack?" asked eight-year-old Paul Hudert
of his father. Young Paul had just turned
eight and was eager to join at St. Bridget's
Roman Catholic Church in Richmond,
Va.
Paul's father, Joe Hudert, Jr., told him
that the pack had been inactive for two
years because no adults had offered to
help. It was impossible for him to do all the
Cub Scouting jobs by himself. "If you
recruit four boys," he told Paul, "and have
them fill out applications and bring along
their parents, then we can start a Cub
Scout pack."
Paul Hudert did just that by recruiting
boys out of his school class, giving them
applications, and getting them returned
within three weeks time. St. Bridget's now
has a growing Cub Scout pack with 25
boys and great leadership—all due to the
initial efforts of an eight-year-old boy who
wanted Cub Scouting.
The Courier
Robert E. Lee Council
Richmond
The law of life
This poem was written by the late E. Urner
Goodman, cofounder of the Order of the
Arrow.
"The tree that never had to fight
For sun and sky and air and light.
That stood out in the open plain
And always got its share of rain
Never became a forest king.
But lived and died a scrubby thing.
The man who never had to toil.
Who never had to win his share
Of sun and sky and light and air
Never became a manly man,
But lived and died as he began.
Good timber does not grow in ease.
The stronger wind, the tougher tree,
The farther sky, the greater length,
The more the storm, the more the
strength.
By sun and cold, by rain and snows,
In tree or man. good timber grows."
Sharing the load
Things were a little hairy for Scout John.
Hiking down to the floor of the Grand
Canyon is rough, and even in the spring
with snow on parts of the North Rim it gets
hot down where the Colorado River
thunders its way to Lake Mead.
John felt the heat. In fact, had it not
been for some rest in the shade and some
sips of water with a little salt added, he
might have had a serious case of heat
exhaustion. Still, the long trek loomed
ahead.
To beat the heat, the group started out at
the unearthly hour of 4 A.M. This allowed
them to reach Indian Gardens before the
blistering heat had peaked, and let them
rest while the sun baked the South Wall.
At 4:30 P.M.. the troop started the arduous
final leg out.
John, still affected by his ordeal, started
out in the lead position. As he slowed
down later, the Scouts passed him by, one
by one. The Scoutmaster was bringing up
the end of the line, but he could see ahead
and noticed the Scouts as they passed
John.
When the last Scout passed John, the
Scoutmaster's eyes were brimming, for as
the first Scout had passed, he unstrapped
John's sleeping bag and took it with him.
Thereafter each Scout who passed reached
into John's pack and took out a piece of
John's gear and went up the trail carrying
an article that made the youngster's trip
less of an ordeal.
Boots and Blisters
Son Francisco Bay Area Council
All my children
I have only been involved in the Boy Scout
program for two years, but it has really
changed my life by adding so much
meaning. Although we are a childless
couple, both my husband and I are active
in the program.
As a unit commissioner 1 enjoy working
with units and helping them build. Until
recently, I thought the greatest experience
I have had was watching a brand new
pack, which I helped to start from scratch,
grow and put on its first pack meeting. I
felt like I had watched the birth of an
infant. It was great.
Recently I attended one of my hus-
band's courts of honor. I know the boys in
our troop and can feel their parents' pride
with their achievements. This was
especially true the other night. One of the
boy's parents was unable to attend, so
before his presentations, he asked me to
stand in for his mother. I was honored. It
really meant something to me to stand in
for her. My husband and I have known
this young man for several years and have
been through some trying times with him
and his family. His parents have often
expressed their love and caring for us and
that really means more than can be ex-
pressed. I know that when he earns his
Eagle, we will feel as proud and excited as
his own parents.
God willing, we will be able to have
children and know the proud feelings as
parents as we watch our own son advance
and grow into manhood through Scout-
ing and achieve the rank of Eagle Scout.
Cynthia Taylor
Wichita Falls, Tex. (Continued on page 50)
March/April 1982 Scouting
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