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 | | From: | Karl Pollak | | Subject: | Re: Some ideas for next meeting. | | Date: | Tue, 28 Dec 2004 00:20:18 GMT |
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"Micheal Artindale" wrote:
>I have most of the next meeting planned out, ....
Michael,
I came across something that I am sure will help your meetings with the new
Pack. I have suggested to you several times before to stick closely to the
Jungle theme.
Here's something (as my Christmas present to you) that you can do with your
Cubs before the end of each meeting. Before you do your closing, set aside
about 5 minutes, get the Pack in Rock Circle and discuss one of the
following Jungle Laws with them. Let them tell you how they understand it
and why it is an important rule for them to live by. What happens to those
who do not obey that law?
If you are not clear on how to translate any law for your Pack, bring it
here and LISTEN to the other Wolves who are older than you are.
THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE
(Rudyard Kipling, The Second Jungle Book)
Just to give you an idea of the immense variety of the Jungle Law, I have
translated into verse (Baloo always recited them in a sort of sing-song) a
few of the laws that apply to the wolves. There are, of course, hundreds
and hundreds more, but these will do for specimens of the simpler rulings.
Now this is the Law of the Jungle
as old and as true as the sky;
And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper,
but the Wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk
the Law runneth forward and back--
For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf,
and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
Wash daily from nose-tip to tail-tip;
drink deeply, but never too deep;
And remember the night is for hunting,
and forget not the day is for sleep.
The jackal may follow the Tiger,
but, Cub, when thy whiskers are grown,
Remember the Wolf is a hunter--
go forth and get food of thine own.
Keep peace with the Lords of the Jungle--
the Tiger, the Panther, the Bear;
And trouble not Hathi the Silent,
and mock not the Boar in his lair.
When Pack meets with Pack in the Jungle,
and neither will go from the trail,
Lie down till the leaders have spoken--
it may be fair words shall prevail.
When ye fight with a Wolf of the Pack,
ye must fight him alone and afar,
Lest others take part in the quarrel,
and the Pack be diminished by war.
The Lair of the Wolf is his refuge,
and where he has made him his home,
Not even the Head Wolf may enter,
not even the Council may come.
The Lair of the Wolf is his refuge,
but where he has digged it too plain,
The Council shall send him a message,
and so he shall change it again.
If ye kill before midnight, be silent,
and wake not the woods with your bay,
Lest ye frighten the deer from the crops,
and the brothers go empty away.
Ye may kill for yourselves, and your mates,
and your cubs as they need, and ye can;
But kill not for pleasure of killing, and
SEVEN TIMES NEVER KILL MAN.
If ye plunder his Kill from a weaker,
devour not all in thy pride;
Pack-Right is the right of the meanest;
so leave him the head and the hide.
The Kill of the Pack is the meat of the Pack.
Ye must eat where it lies;
And no one may carry away of that meat
to his lair, or he dies.
The Kill of the Wolf is the meat of the Wolf.
He may do what he will,
But, till he has given permission,
the Pack may not eat of that Kill.
Cub-Right is the right of the Yearling.
From all of his Pack he may claim
Full-gorge when the killer has eaten;
and none may refuse him the same.
Lair-Right is the right of the Mother.
From all of her year she may claim
One haunch of each kill for her litter,
and none may deny her the same.
Cave-Right is the right of the Father
--to hunt by himself for his own.
He is freed of all calls to the Pack;
he is judged by the Council alone.
Because of his age and his cunning,
because of his gripe and his paw,
In all that the Law leaveth open,
the word of the Head Wolf is Law.
Now these are the Laws of the Jungle,
and many and mighty are they;
But the head and the hoof of the Law
and the haunch and the hump is
O B E Y !
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Good Hunting
For those who would like a copy in a printable form, you will find a PDF
file in The Dump, a new section started by Grumpy at
http://www.thedump.scoutscan.com/
--
Scouting is a game. Go play outside!
K. Pollak, Richmond, BC
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