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Have display areas for each den to
show its Jungle Totem, Balloon-Powered
Boats, Canadian flag, etc. Have separate
areas for Webelos dens' projects made for
the Communicator and Scientist activity
badges.
Preopening—As families arrive, direct
the Cub Scouts to their den's display
area. They then join games of Lost in the
Jungle and Broom Hockey being run by
den chiefs. Give each adult a copy of the
Quiz About Canada and ask them to
complete it.
Opening—Form dens at four corners of
the room or area. Akela (Cubmaster) and
Bagheera the Panther (assistant Cubmas-
ter or den leader coach) face each other
across the area.
AKELA: "Look well, O wolves, look
well!"
BAGHEERA: " 'Tis quiet in the jungle,
And time for the pack to meet.
Come wolves of every color,
Gather at the council seat."
Denners call, "We, the wolves of Den 1
come, Bagheera," "We, the wolves of
Den 2 come, Bagheera," etc. Dens form
circle around Bagheera.
BAGHEERA: "Akela, from the north,
from the south,
From the east, from the west,
The pack has gathered at your request."
Akela and Bagheera salute. Bagheera
leaves circle and Akela enters. Akela
leads the grand howl (pages 113-114, Den
Chief Handbook). Adapted from Leader
Handbook, Boy Scouts of Canada.
Icebreaker—Read off correct answers to
Quiz About Canada. Ask adults who got
all the answers right to stand. In their
honor, perform Round of Applause (clap
while moving hands in large circular
motion).
Jungle Trail—This is a series of five or
more physical tests for individuals along
a marked trail. Dens travel the trail
together. At each site, have adult judge,
timer etc., as needed. The den's score at
each site is the percentage of its members
who pass the test. (Example, if four out of
six den members pass a test, its score for
that site is 67.)
Have all dens competing simultane-
ously by starting Den 1 at Site 1, Den 2 at
Site 2, etc.
SITE 1. Judge reads: "Mowgli has to
cross a 50-yard-long meadow where
Shere Khan is lurking. If he takes more
than 10 seconds, you'll hear a roar. Shere
Khan has spotted him." (Time each boy
as he makes the 50-yard dash.)
SITE 2. Judge reads: "Mowgli's back is
against a cliff, and the trail ends to his
right. He can't turn back because Shere
Khan is there. The only thing he can do
is jump over a pit of quicksand.'' (The pit
should be four feet, five inches wide.)
Each den member makes the standing
long jump across the pit.
SITE 3. Judge reads: "As Mowgli runs
near the river, he spots a Bandar-log (silly
monkey) on the other side. Mowgli
knows that the Bandar-log will tell Shere
Khan where he is unless Mowgli can dis-
tract him. Bandar-logs are always
hungry, so Mowgli decides to distract
him by throwing him a mango (softball).
If Mowgli's throw does not reach the
Bandar-log on the fly, the monkey calls,
"Here, tiger, tiger, tiger!" (The throw
should be about 60 feet.)
SITE 4. Judge reads: "Kaa the Python is
hungry, but he is easily discouraged. He
is slithering toward Mowgli, who can't
run away because he is in a cave. His only
chance is to grab the vine (chinning bar)
overhead and chin himself. If he can do
that, Kaa will get discouraged and go
away. (Mowgli is safe if he can do one
pull-up.)
SITE 5. Judge reads: "Shere Khan is
gaining on Mowgli when the man-cub
spots a narrow bridge across a deep
chasm. (The bridge is a 10-foot-long two-
by-four set on edge.) Mowgli looks down
into the chasm and sees crocodiles in a
deep river. If he falls, he is doomed, but
the bridge is his only chance because it is
too narrow for Shere Khan to cross."
If your site has enough room, the final
test might be a one-mile run-walk ending
WIENER STICK. The usual wiener
stick is a debarked tree twig cut in the
wild. To encourage Cub Scouts to avoid
cutting living trees, Scouter Lyn
Thompson of Calgary, Alberta, sug-
gests coat-hanger wire for a wiener
stick. The point is bent backwards so
that the wiener or other food won't slip
off. Scrape off paint if any. Cut and
shape as shown. The wire wiener stick
works well with the Jeez Cubes shown
here.
I
SCOOP LACROSSE. This is a variation
of lacrosse, a game played by Cana-
dian and northeastern U.S. Indians. In
real lacrosse, the sticks have a net at
one end which is used to carry or
throw the ball. You can make "sticks"
as shown from plastic bottles. Object
of the game is to get the ball (soft rub-
ber, about baseball size) into the oppo-
nents' goal. In real lacrosse, players
may run with the ball, but to reduce
roughness, it is recommended that
Cub Scouts only pass it. The goals
should be five or six feet wide.
at the start of the Jungle Trail. Runners
who travel a mile in 11 minutes or less
escape Shere Khan.
Recognitions—Jungle Trail chairman
presents awards to winning dens.
Awards might be tin-can trophies or
medals (pages 10-2 and 10-3, Cub Scout
Leader How-To Book). Akela presents
badges of rank and arrow points to Cub
Scouts, and Webelos den leaders award
activity badges to eligible Webelos
Scouts.
Closing—Announce date, time, and
place of May pack meeting. (Arrange to
distribute pinewood derby kits, if they
are available, after the meeting.)
Akela asks the Cub Scouts and their
families to rise and reads the following
prayer from the Leader Handbook of the
Boy Scouts of Canada:
Lord, in this evening hour I pray
For strength to do my best each day;
Draw near to me that I may see
The kind of Cub You'd have me be.
In serving others, may I see
That I am really serving Thee.
Fit me, O Lord, in Your great love,
That I may be a better Cub.
APRIL PACK LEADERS' MEETING.
The pack's adult leaders meet about a
week before the April pack meeting to
check final details .and outline den and
pack activities for May Assign someone
to obtain pinewood derby kits and
arrange to distribute them at the April
pack meeting or not later than the first
den meetings in May.
THIS THEME HELPS CUB SCOUTS
EARN CREDIT IN:
Book Achievements Electives
Wolf 1 5, 18
Bear 15, 16
CUB SCOUTING LITERATURE FOR
THIS THEME:
Wolf Cub Scout Book, No. 3234
Big Bear Cub Scout Book, No. 3228
Cub Scout Leader Book, No. 3220A
Cub Scout Leader How-To Book, No.
3831
Den Chief Handbook, No. 3211A
Cub Scout Songbook, No. 3222A
Cub Scout Sports: Physical Fitness, No.
2161
OTHER BSA SUPPLY DIVISION MATE-
RIALS IN SUPPORT OF THIS THEME:
Cub Scout Watch, Supply No. 1761
Humphrey Flyer, No. 7054A
Cub Scout Bookmark, No. 303
Cub Scout Centennial Pin, No. 5181
Cub Scout Stationery, No. 4070 -[
Cub Scout Ceramic Mug, No. 7031
OTHER RESOURCES:
• The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling
(available at public libraries)
• Encyclopedia (for "Canada")
CUB 4 APR 91
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