Divide the group into six 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.
CUB SCOUT(S)
"My Turn! My Turn!"
DEN LEADER
"Now, boys.!"
ROBIN
"Hop, hop, I'm off!"
DOGWOOD
"Arf! Arf!'
HIKE
"Hup! Two! Three ! Four!"
ANIMALS
"Grrrrrr!"
Once upon a time a den of CUB SCOUTS___ went on a HIKE___ to see what they could see. Their DEN LEADER___ pointed out sights like spider webs, ROBIN___'s nest and DOGWOOD___ trees. The CUB SCOUTS___ wanted to take a nature HIKE___, to see how many wild ANIMALS___, they could find and the DEN LEADER___ saw it as a perfect opportunity for them to learn about conservation and make plaster casts of the tracks of ANIMALS___.
As the HIKE___ went on, the CUB SCOUTS___ splashed in a creek, chased a ROBIN___, climbed a DOGWOOD___, and tried to out-moo a field of cows. The DEN LEADER___ grew weary of trying to keep up and suggested they rest from their HIKE___, under the shade of a DOGWOOD___, and eat their sack lunches.
As the CUB SCOUTS___ were eating they grumbled about not seeing any wild ANIMALS___ yet on their HIKE___. The DEN LEADER___ explained that if they were patient and much quieter, they would not scare the ANIMALS___ away and have a better chance of seeing some. Just then a ROBIN___, landed on a branch of their DOGWOOD___ tree and the boys all made the CUB SCOUT___ sign and were very quiet. The DEN LEADER___ motioned for them to lay some bread from their sandwiches on the ground. The CUB SCOUTS___ tore the bread in small pieces and scattered it around them. Like all wild ANIMALS___, the ROBIN___, was at first afraid of the people below her DOGWOOD___ branch and just watched curiously. But then, she flew to the ground to sample the bread. One of the CUB SCOUTS___ was very, very still and held a piece of bread carefully in his fingers and soon the ROBIN___ was eating out of his hand. Eventually the CUB SCOUTS___ could sit still no longer and the movement and the noise scared the ROBIN___ back to a branch of the DOGWOOD___ tree.
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