A True Story
Six year old Brandon decided one Saturday morning to fix his parents pancakes: He found a big bowl and spoon, pulled a chair to the counter, opened the cupboard and pulled out the heavy flour canister, spilling it on the floor. He scooped some ...
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A person, with a blanket around his shoulders, is sitting on the floor and beating on a tom-tom or signaling with a smoking fire. The others are across the stage interpreting what is being signaled.[Indian beats out message or signals with smoke]#1 Running Deer says that a meeting of the ...
Angel Pennies
I found a penny today Just laying on the ground, But it's not just a penny This little coin I've found. Found pennies come from heaven That's what my Grandpa told me, He said , "Angels toss them down." Oh, how I loved that ...
Anishinabe and the Ravens Story
Learn about others, but be what you are.There once was a man that enjoyed watching the black Raven's fly around, play, squawk, and chatter. He enjoyed them so much he would climb trees just to be closer to them. For many months the Ravens ignored the man, but after awhile, ...
Around The Campfire
Tradition amongst the Indians produced distinct craft styles in each tribe. In the early days, climate, available materials, and the events of daily life, such as hunting and planting corn, influenced everything the Indians did.Each decorative element in Indian art has a specific meaning. Color and design express a ...
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KEN—“Bear leader!”CLAIR—“Guide leader!”SCOUT--- “Do your best!”KEN Ekker was a Cub SCOUT Bear Den Leader. KEN was also a computer whiz. He was one of the first to get an e-mail address and encouraged others to get one too. He discovered that there were many SCOUTING sites. Sometimes he would communicate ...
Ballad of Johnny ODell Story
Wild are the tales of the Pony Express And most of them are true if I don't miss my guess. But wildest of all tales that they tell Is that of fearless young Johnny O'Dell. Johnny was little, but he was a man Whom none could outride, outshoot or outplan. ...
Barnabas and Sebastian Story
This Story has scary parts. An old man named Barnabas lived with his dog in a house a big old house his grandfather had built long ago. Barnabas used to own a store in town, but now he was retired and spent his days panning for gold in nearby streams ...
Bat Story
Once there was a great war between the beasts and the birds. Bat was on the birds' side. In the first battle, the birds were badly beaten. As soon as Bat saw that the battle was going against them, he crept away, hid under a log, and stayed there until ...
Battle of the Snakes Story
There was a man who was not kind to animals. One day when he was hunting, he found a rattlesnake and decided to torture it. He held its head to the ground and pierced it with a piece of bark. Then as it was caught there, he tormented it. "We ...
Bear Bells Story
This Story is meant for Boy Scouts. Decide for yourself if it is appropriate for your younger scouts or not.One summer, a fellow from the big city was going on a camping trip into the Rocky Mountains. He got all his gear, made the drive, and was at a local ...
Birch Trees Bark Story
It was a hot day, and Old-man was trying to sleep, but the heat made him sick. He wandered to a hilltop for air; but there was no air. Then he went down to the river and found no relief. He traveled to the timberlands, and there the heat was ...
Blind Men and Raccoon Story
This Story is meant for Boy Scouts. Decide for yourself if it is appropriate for your younger scouts or not.Two old Indian brothers lived together in a wigwam by a lake. Every day, they took turns getting water and cooking food. First, one cooked and the other got water, then ...
Bloody Finger Story
This Story has scary parts and is meant for Boy Scouts. Decide for yourself if it is appropriate for your younger scouts or not.Some Boy Scouts went on a kayaking trip one year. On their way home, they stopped at a pizza joint in a small town for dinner. Little ...
Bloody Finger Story
This Story has scary parts and is meant for Boy Scouts, Webelos scouts. Decide for yourself if it is appropriate for your younger scouts or not. Preparation: Get a small box, such as a cardboard jewelry box. Cut a whole the size of your middle finger in the bottom. Cover ...
Boy and the RattleSnake Story
A little boy was walking down a path and he came across a rattlesnake. The rattlesnake was getting old. He asked, "Please little boy, can you take me to the top of the mountain? I hope to see the sunset one last time before I die." The little boy answered ...
Car Wreck Story
This Story has scary parts and is meant for Boy Scouts. Decide for yourself if it is appropriate for your younger scouts or not.Notes: This is a good one to tell in Sept. or Oct. or keep it ready for that time you might hear a car going fast off ...
Coyote Angers Rock Story
This Story is meant for Boy Scouts, Bear scouts, Webelos scouts. Decide for yourself if it is appropriate for your younger scouts or not.One spring day, Coyote and Fox were out for a walk. When they came to a big smooth rock, Coyote threw his blanket over it and they ...
Cremation of Sam McGee Story
This Story has scary parts and is meant for Boy Scouts, Webelos scouts. Decide for yourself if it is appropriate for your younger scouts or not.Notes: This story can be told as a scary story around a campfire. It has a humorous ending.There are strange things done in the midnight ...
Cricket and Cougar Story
Cougar is the mightiest of the animals in the forest. Cougar was walking in the forest, and he jumped onto a fallen log to look around. From inside the log came a tiny voice."Get off the roof of my lodge!" Out from the rotten end of the log came a ...
CUB SCOUT SKITS STORYTELLING
 A LEGEND --- THE FIRST MOCCASINS There was once a great chief of the Plains who had very tender feet. Some laughed at him but kept the smiles off their faces, when he hobbled past, as others also suffered when he did. Actually, ...
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JOKES / DEN CHIEF RUN-ONSÂ Â 1. What do you do with a blue elephant? (Cheer it up.) 2. What kind of market does a dog hate? (A Flea Market.) 3. What does a dog say when it is sick? (Barf, Barf.) 4. Which animal ...
Custom Coasters
Personalize your drink coasters with this excellent themed craft. Your kids can customize them for special occasions like New Year, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, and more. What you'll need: Graphics software (Avery Kids Printertainment works well) Color printer duplicate checker Avery Kids #03111 Square Stickers Photos, ...
Eagle and Red Tail Hawk Story
This Story is meant for Boy Scouts. Decide for yourself if it is appropriate for your younger scouts or not. Long ago, Eagle and Red Tail Hawk were the same size and very good friends. But Red Tail was a jealous bird and worried that Eagle might be better than ...
Falcon and the Duck Story
Do not exult too soon; nor is it wise to tell of your brave deeds within the hearing of your enemy. The wintry winds had already begun to whistle and the waves to rise when the Drake and his mate gathered their half- grown brood together on the shore of ...
Falling Rock Story
An Indian chief, Rising Sun, was concerned with how white men were expanding across the forests, plains, and mountains. His tribe was very small, but as every tribe and nation was being overpowered and sent to reservations, he came up with a plan to save the People. His son, Falling ...
Field Mouse and Buffalo Story
If you are proud and selfish you will lose all in the end. Once upon a time, when the Field-Mouse was out gathering wild beans for the winter, his neighbor, the Buffalo, came down to graze in the meadow. This the little Mouse did not like, for he knew that ...
Finger Rock Trail Ghost Story
This Story has scary parts.As reported by a volunteer for the Southern Arizona Rescue Association. In all my years of reporting on the outdoors, no story stands out as clearly as this one. Perhaps it's because I was in charge of the rescue team the ghost 'summoned.' Perhaps it's because ...
Fire Tail Story
Very long ago, a band of Indians was drying deer meat in the sun. They thought how wonderful it would be to have a small sun to dry the meat better and keep them warm when the big sun set in the evening and it got cold. Of course, they ...
First Dog Story
This Story is meant for Boy Scouts. Decide for yourself if it is appropriate for your younger scouts or not. Two Ojibwa Indians in a canoe had been blown far from shore by a great wind. They had gone far and were hungry and lost. They had little strength left ...
First Flute Story
The flute of the Lakota, the siyotanka, is for only one kind of music, love music. In the old days the men would sit by themselves, maybe lean hidden, unseen, against a tree in the dark of night. They would make up their own special tunes, their courting songs. Even ...
First Mocassins Story
There was once a great chief on the Plains who had very tender feet. Other mighty chiefs laughed at him; little chiefs only smiled as he hobbled past; and though they did not dare to smile, the people of the tribe also enjoyed the big chief's discomfort. All of them ...
Flesheating Rabid Zombie Chipmunks Story
This Story has scary parts and is meant for Boy Scouts. Decide for yourself if it is appropriate for your younger scouts or not. Years ago, when I was your age, I endured a night of terror from which I will never completely recover. To this day, certain sounds, smells, ...
Four Magic Arrowheads Story
There was once a young man who wanted to go on a journey. His mother provided him with sacks of dried meat and pairs of moccasins, but his father said to him: "Here, my son, are four magic arrows. When you are in need, shoot one of them!"The young man ...
Skits StoryTellingFiesta
Image by Gerd Altmann from PixabayA REAL MEXICAN HERO (AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION) EMILIO—Yeaaaaa CHICK—Peep, peep MIGUEL—Thanks, friend.EMILIO is a real hero. One day he and MIGUEL were goofing off down by a pond that was in a remote area by where they lived. It was rumored that the pond had alligators ...
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THE MEANING OF AN OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS “Peace on Earth” TOYS “Buzz, Bang, Whiz” GIFTS “From the Heart” What is an OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS? A boy asked his parents one day. They thought for a while before they would venture to say. After thinking it ...
Two Enemies Two Best Friends
In these challenging times, there are many stories to give us inspiration, to make us think, to remind us life is not always easy and that there are many forks that we can take along the way. We can choose to take the safe road, we can choose to ...