SKIT --- SUCCESSFUL FISHINGÂ Â 
A Cub is fishing and catching fish like crazy. Two other Cubs are
watching and wondering what his secret is. They ask what his secret is
and he just mumbles in reply. This happens exactly the same a couple
more times. Finally, the successful fisherman spits something in his hand and answers, “The
secret is that you have to keep the worms warm.†[Works great with gummy worms.]
JOKES / DEN CHIEF RUN-ONS
1. Where do swimmers sit to eat lunch? (At pool tables.)
2. Why are fish so well educated? (They travel in schools.)
3. Why are boats the cheapest kind of transportation? (They run on water.)
4. What lies at the bottom of the sea and shivers? (A nervous wreck.)
5. Where do sick boats go? (To the dock.)
6. What kind of rocks would you see in the Colorado River? (Wet ones.)
7. How often do ships sink? (Just once.)
8. When is a boat like a store? (When it has sails.)
9. Three men fell in the lake but only two got their hair wet, why? (One man was bald.)
10. Which state is the cleanest? (Wash.)
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A LEGEND --- THE GREAT FATHER MOSQUITO
One time there lived a giant Mosquito. He was bigger than a bear and more terrifying. When
he flew through the air, the sun couldn't be seen and it became dark as night. The zooming of
his wings was wilder than a storm. And when he was hungry, he would fly into a camp and
carry off an Indian or two and pick their bones clean.
Again and again, the Tuscarora tried to destroy the wild beast but their arrows fell off him
like dewdrops off a leaf. They did not know what to do.
So the chief and the medicine men in the tribe ordered a big meeting to pray to the Great
Father in Heaven to take pity on them and help them destroy the monster Mosquito. They
burned great fires and they sang, and they danced and they prayed.
The Great Father in Heaven, the Sky Holder, heard their loud cry for help and decided to
come to their rescue. He came down from the sky, looking for the monster to do battle with him
and destroy him.
The great Mosquito heard this and he knew he could not beat the Sky Holder, so he decided
to run away. He flew and he flew. The only sound was the wild zooming of his wings through
the air. But Sky Holder was after him just as fast. The giant monster flew around lakes, over
rivers, and over mountains toward the East but Sky Holder kept after him, never tiring. When
Sun was going down in a red mist at the end of the sky, he turned to look and saw the Great
Father was coming nearer.
The battle was short and the monster Mosquito was destroyed. His blood spattered, and flew
in all directions. And... a strange thing happened. From the blood were born small mosquitoes
with sharp stingers. No sooner were they born than they attacked Sky Holder without fear.
They stung him so hard he was sorry for what he had done, but he could not
undo it. These small mosquitoes with the sharp stingers multiplied a thousandfold.
It happened long ago, but to this day we have thousands of mosquitoes
with sharp stingers.
-Tuscarora Legend
Great Salt Lake Council