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I help make sure that we can laugh in the Pack without offending other people

Good humour is a cure for all ills

I think that

Compare these two situations:

I think that

There is a big difference between laughing with others and laughing at others.

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Isn't it good to have friends with whomto share what we think,feel and do!

I get on well withall the cubs in the Pack

my secret list of important birthdays

Name and date

Happy birthday everyone!

Ask your leaders to help you find out the birthdays of all the cubs in the Pack. At the same time, try to find out when your leaders' birthdays are - without them realising. You can make them really happy by wishing them a Happy Birthday when the day arrives!

Name and date

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I have friends, both boys and girls,that I often meet and play with

There are many ways of communicating besides words. One way is morse code. Now that you are bigger, you have to find out for yourself how each of the letters of the alphabet is written "in morse".

Send a secret message to your friends!

I sent this message written in morse code to my friends

To have good friends, you have to like yourself and have a good time by yourself too.

That way you can enjoy being with others.

I found out that Morse Code is called Morse Code because

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Here I writeother things I mean to do

to be a cheerful and optimistic person,and always try to do my best

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Here I write the meaning of

other words I have learned

If I learn more words I can express myself better

MAKINGMY OWN DICTIONARY

wander to walk not following any special route, or without a definite purpose or objective

transfixed somebody unable to move, think or speak because of astonishment

fable short story not based on fact, that teaches a moral, often where animals are the characters and they act and speak as if they were human beings

innate something (for example a quality) that we have from birth, rather than learned through experience

leafy a tree having lots ofleaves, or completely coveredwith leaves

nonsensical something thatlacks reason or common sense,absurd, utterly foolish

puff up to inflate with pride,

vanity, etc.

strut about to walk with a vain, pompous

bearing, as with head

erect and chest thrown out, as if

expecting to impress observers

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You already know that when the Pack has to deal with important matters, it gathers at theCouncil Rock. This meeting is attended by the leaders and all the cubs in the Pack, even if they are new and have not made their Promise yet. This is because, when important business is to be talked about, everyonehas to give their opinion.

These are the matters we talked aboutat our last Council Rock

Council Rock

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The Den

These are the things my Six and Ihave done to decorate the Den

It is very important to have a den!

The den is our own space, our lair, that the sixes can decorate as they like with things that are important for cubs. The Den shows what we are like and its walls tell the storyof the Pack. If it is not possible to have a Den, there should at least be somewhere to keep our equipment, materialsand souvenirs.

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The Pack is a pleasant group of friends that does interesting things, has fun, and works like a team. However, each cub is different and has his or her own abilities and interests. This is important, because it means that each person can use their particular skills and knowledge for the benefit of all the rest of the group.

Proficiencies

If there is a subject you are interested in, talk to your leaders about it

and start becoming an "expert" in your areas of interest.

Proficiencies help you todiscover your future vocation

You can choose any subject

in these five areasas a proficiency:

Science and Technology

Arts and Culture

Sport

Service to others

Life in Nature

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Faithful and affectionate like

Rikki-tikki-tavi

Now I'm going to tell you about something that happened when I lived with Teddy and his family, whom you already know. I defended them from Nag and Nagaina, the cobras with the icy heart and dumb hiss.

Rikk-tikk-tikki-tikki-tchik, is my war-cry.Rikki tikki tavithe mongoose am I.

It's me again. I am the friendly, brave mongoose who can give my all for my friends. As we already know each other, and since my name is rather long and complicated, you can just call me Rikki.

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One night...

. . .when I couldn't sleep, I was pacing round the house.

Nag, let's kill the child's

father first, then the

mongoose

There's no need to kill the mongoose!

He'll go on his own if we kill the people...

. . .and the garden will be

ours again.I was frightened and angry to hear their talk. I had to do something, but I couldn't attack both cobras at the same time. So I decided to wait.

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The man willnot take long

to come. He will be easy prey just

out of bed.

Do your workwell Nag! I'll see youin the nest when the

light comes.

If I can get him bythe head he won't be

able to bite me.

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something's going on in the

bathroom!

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out of the way,

Rikki!

What would we do without

you, my faithful friend!

you savedall of us.

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me

This is my family tree

The place we most learn to love,give and share is in the family.

Introduce us to your family

"Robin was one of the happiest menon earth, because he knew the great truth that happiness is not obtainedby what we have, but by what we give and share."

Olave Soames, wife of Robert Baden-Powell

What about you?What do you do to take care of your friends?

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I can talk to other people aboutthe things that make me happy or sad

Sharing the things that happen to us makes usfeel better

What is your happiest memory?Write about it and do a drawing of it.

I would like to be able to talk to

about the things that make me sad,

because

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because

Why did you have the characters say what they did?

Can youhelp me?

Can'tyou see

I'm busy?

I don't mind when the Pack tells meI didn't do something well,

even if I don't always agree

How will this story end?Complete the story, filling in the blank spaces with what you think Susan's companion said to her and what she answered.

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I think carefully about whatI am going to do before I do it

When we do things in a hurrywe run risks, and sometimes we have to do them again

In the Pack, tell each other the thingsthat have happened to you when

you do things in too much of a hurry.Who got the biggest fright for not thinking

about what they were doing?

Garf didn't think about everything that he needed to go out adequately dressed into the street. He got so confused,

he forgot the way home. Help him to find it!

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I say what I think withoutoffending or insulting mycompanions or making fun of them

By listening to others, I have learned that

We are all different, we all have different likes and abilities.

We have had different things happen to us, too. That's why we don't all think the same wayand we can't always agree on everything.

What is important is to say what we think respectfully and listen to what others think, respectfully too.

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I like my special friends betterall the time, but I still like

my other companions

Learn this songto share with your friends!

FRIENDSHIPMake new friends

Keep the oldOne is silver andThe other is gold

Ask your leadersto teach them to you.

ACQUAINTANCE

It's a good time to get acquaintedIt's a good time to know,

Who is standing close beside youJust smile and say "Hello."Goodbye lonesome feeling

Goodbye glassy stare,Here's my left hand for I'm a Cub Scout

So put yours right here.

Tune: "A Long Way to Tipperary"

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I am always readyto help others

Because it is rough and ugly,because all its branches are grey,I feel sorry for the fig tree.

I know where there are pretty treesround plum trees,stately lemon treesand shiny-leaved orange trees.

In the spring,they are all covered in flowersaround the fig tree.

The poor fig looks so sadwith its twisted boughs that neverdress in silk cocoons...

That's why,when I walk by,

I say, trying to speakin sweet and cheerful tone,

"You are the most beautiful figof all the trees in the garden."

If she hears,if she understands my tongue,

what sweetness must come to nestin her sensitive tree soul!

And perhaps at night,when the wind rocks her crown,

dizzy with joy, she whispers,"Today someone said I was beautiful."

Juana de Ibarbourou, Uruguayan poetess

THE FIG TREE

All the people around usare important

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We are important because of what we are,not because of the things we have.

once I

and I felt

Have you ever left other people out?

Once this happened to me:

When that happened I felt

Have you ever felt thatthe others have left you out?

let's gowith Pamela

no, his Dad tells him off

afterwards

Why don't you goto John's house?

no, everyonelaughs at her why can't I

play with them?

I don't want youto play with her. I don't likeher parents.

I share with all my companions,no matter what their race,what jobs their parents do

or how much money they have

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I know how a woman gets pregnant,how babies are bornand what men and womendo in these natural processesDad, did it ever happen to you that...?

As you grow, you begin to be interested more and more by things

to do with your gender, that is, things to do with being a man or being a

woman. Although you are still quite little

and many changes in your body have not happened yet, you

realise that there are subjects you want to

know more about .

Do you talk to your parents aboutyour concerns aboutrelationships betweenmen and women?

I have talked with my parents about these subjectsand these are the answers they have given me

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Asking about your doubts and sharing what you feel and think helps you understand yourself better. It also

helps you realise that adults had the same questions and concerns when they were your age.

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doctor lawyer engineer writer

On page 84 you met Sister Juana Inés de la Cruz. Now we want to tell you a little more about her. When she was 8 years old she wanted to dress as a boy so that she could go to school, because -as you know- at the time when she lived, girls did not go to school. Incredible, right? But that's how it used to be: there were many things that women did not have the right to do.

Her name wasThat was in the year

Among my friendsI treat boys and girls

the same and am fair to both

Find out...In our country, who was the first woman

In our country, womenwon the right to vote in the year

Ask your parents, teachers or leadersto tell you how women

won that right. Better still, if you have grandparents, ask them.

Get them to tell you what life was likewhen they were young, too.

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And then this enormous fox appeared...

In our family we love each otheras we are, and we can share everything we feel and thinkwith our family

I tell my family about the things we do in the Pack

these are the things I don't like to tell:

Of all the things we have done in the Pack,this is what my family like most:

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To enjoy sharing and spending time together, the most important thing is to be cheerful and simple. When your family invites the family of a friend of yours, you could make a tasty soft drink for them. It could be fruit juice, lemonade or a sparkling drink, but nice and cool thanks to these...

I spend time with my friends' familiesand I invite them

to spend time with mine

1 Put water half way up the cube tray.

2 Add a mint leaf or tiny pieces of different coloured fruit to each cube.

3 Add a little more water, still without filling the tray.

4 Now into the freezer to freeze.

5 Remove the tray and completely fill the tray with water.

6 Freeze it again.

What about your six suggestingthat the Pack has a competition

of simple recipes like these?

These steps are important so that the decoration ends up in the middle of the ice cube and not on top.

CHEERFUL ICE CUBES

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to be an affectionate personand a friend to all

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Here I write the meaning

of other words I have learned

If I know more words I can express myself better


attempt to try to do something

bough branch of a tree

adequate proper,suitable or right

cocoon a protective case of silky threads which some insects weave around themselves to spend the inactive stage of their life cycle. In this poem it is used metaphorically to mean the tree's blossom

These kids are attempting to skate

dizzy feeling giddy, as if things were whirling round you. When you are dizzy you feel as if you might fall

metaphor word that is used in place of another word, to suggest a likeness between them

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Scouts all over the world recognise each other as brothers and sisters

Ask you leaders to tell you about how Scouting began in our country.

This is how Scouting began in our country

It began in the year . These are

the names of the people who started it:

This is how it began

And my Group is called

our National

Association

is called

Draw a Scout from that time

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In the World Organization of the

Scout Movement there are

recognised associations, which represent

million Scouts.

This is the badge of our Association

in our association, there are Scouts.

the associations in the worldwith most scouts are

association number of scouts

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Generous like

Kotick A white seal is not very common and stands out anywhere. But I, Kotick, try to stand out for something much more important than my colour: my concern for others.

Now that we are together again, I want to tell you a little about one of the adventuresI got mixed up in when I was looking fora place where my people could live safe from the skin hunters.

It has been a while since the last time we saw each other. How have you been?

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I had crossed many oceans without rest. Cold and warm waters, still and stormy seas had I swum with no success. I inspected islands, rocky outcrops and beaches in search of a refuge for the seal people. But wherever I went, I found more hunters.

The sea elephant told me that the manatees knew a place where hunters never went, but no-one had ever been able to get the information from them or follow them there.I went from one place to another, but no-one knew anything about the "sea cows", as they call the manatees.

I had almost given up, when I suddenly saw some lines of strange animals I had never seen before. They looked like fat mermaids and made strange sounds like a woman singing a sad song. "These must be the sea cows," I thought.

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So I began to follow them from one place to another, crossing marine currents and underwater cliffs and valleys. They swam undisturbed, paying me no attention at all. I, on the other hand, kept a close watch so as not to lose sight of them. Fortunately I am a good swimmer. That, and my determination to save my people, kept me fresh and agile,and I almost did not notice how tired I was.

I went over to introduce myself, but they paid me no attention; they just moved their heads from side to side and gazed at me indifferently. How did I know whether I had found the right people? I had an idea:

"Sea cow!" I burst out at the top of my voice.

They all turned to me with an answering look and so then I was sure that these were indeed the sea cows. At leastI had found them and if they didn't want to speak to me,I could still follow them to their hiding place.

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When they finally surfaced, I was totally amazed by what I saw. I couldn't believe my eyes! In the dawn light I saw endless stretches of beaches with soft and hard sand, smooth rocks for young seal pups and dunes of smooth grass. What was more, my nose told me that no human had ever been there. What more could the seal people want?

I had to go back and tell the others, and so I did, though not without thanking the sea cows first. I understood that in their own way they had helped me, in silence and without making a fuss.

As you can see, there are many waysof doing something for other people.

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Real happiness is found in making others happy

I am Alexander Graham Bell. I was born in Scotland in 1847. Among other things, I invented air conditioning, the telephone and the metal detector. All that made me famous. But what I

liked to do most and what made me feel most satisfaction, was having created a system to help deaf people learn to talk.

These are the things I like to doto help others

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Do not forget that cubs listen to and respect others

We all needother people

I respect other people's opinions

We all sometimes think that our ideas are the best.And we all like, for example, for the Pack to decide to do the activities that we suggest. But that is not always possible.

When somebody thinks differently to me, I. . .

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I always help withthe duties that haveto be done in the Pack

These are the things that we do

I think that what is most important

about what we do is

because

In my Packwe are concerned about others

When we help others, I feel thatI receive much more than I give

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These areour rights!

I know the Rights of the Childand I relate them to situations

that I know about or that I have heard about

Have a houseto live in, be fed properly and receive medical attention. That way we willgrow up strongand healthy.

it doesn't matter where we were born or who our parents are. We all have the right to:

All children have duties, like respecting othersand doing our tasks at home and at school.

But we also have rights.

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Have a name anda nationality, that is,

to be from a country.

Receive special attention if we have some kind of disability.

Go to school andlearn to become responsible anduseful people.

Be loved and understoodby our parents, family and everyone around us.

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Grow up in an atmosphere of peace, solidarity and understanding

between peoples. That way we can learn

concern and understandingand be fair to all people,

wherever they come from.

Always be protected. No-one must ever mistreat or hit

us. We may never be abandoned or made to work.

Say what we think, rest and play.

Be among the first to receive help in

emergencies.

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all adults must respect our rights!

Are these rights respected for you and all the children you know?

the right which is easiestto respect is

and the one which ismost difficult to respect is

these are my ideas aboutwhat can be done to make sure that

all our rights are respected

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Dear Mum and Dad,

Decisions are made at home and at school thinking about what is best for everyone

I respect my parents and teachers and the decisions they make

Maybe sometimes you get angry and answer back to your parents because you don't agree with a decision they

have made. What would you say to them if you were to write them a letter about it?

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The sixer is a cub who has been elected by the other cubs in the six to be in charge. He or she does not "give orders", but rather is the first to help everyone to get organised for carrying out activities.

Together with the other cubs, I elect the sixers and the children who are in charge of the activities I take part in,and I always help my sixer

this is how we elect sixers in my Pack

When you vote for someone, you should think about what is right for everyone, not just your own interests.

What about you? Have you ever been elected?

I was sixer of the six

from to

what I found hardest to do was

and the easiest part was

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I understand and keepthe rules in my house,

at school and in the Pack, even if I don't always agree with them

Most rules are made to orderthe life of a communityand so that peoplerespect each other

here I write when I haven't liked somethingand I haven't said anything about it

It's not fair. I always

have to do it.

I say respectfully what I likeand don't like about the ruleswe have in my house and at school

Martha doesn't say anything when she is unhappy about something

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But when Charlotte thinks something isn't right, she says so

here I write when I haven't liked somethingand I've said so

I don't mindlaying the tablewhen it's my turn.But I get angry when it's Peter's

turn and he doesn't do it.

To live together peacefully it's important to express what we feel. We have to make sure we do so respectfully,

without anger and at the right time.

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I know what the main public services are and where they are located in the place where I live

In order to help others,we have to

be prepared

Draw a map of your neighbourhood and mark: the fire station, the police station, the health centre, your place of worship and other important public services.

Make a list of the addresses and telephone numbers of these places,

and put it up in a visible place in your house

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I always help in the tasksthat need to be doneat home and at school

How many of these tasks do you do?What other ones could you help more with in your house?

Write down the things that have to be done in your house every day. Beside each task, write who normally does it. To make sure you don't forget anything, begin from when your

family gets up until the time everyone goes to bed.

tasks that are doneevery day in my house

normally theyare done by

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I always take part in campaignsto help the needy

tyrant rant

daring ring

liking king

rising sing

sowingwing

Figure out this subtraction! In each case two letters are left over.

Write the extra letters in the blank space.

Rearrange the left-over letters and made a wordthat means active concern for other people

I made the word

I spoke with about

the meaning of this word and I found out:

Answer on page154

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I know something about the typical things in the place where I live

Each region has its own symbol, such as a flower, an animal or a traditional craft. These symbols are part of our roots

these things are typical of my land

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I like the culture of my country and the different ways it is expressed

I take part in Pack activitiesthat express the culture

of my country

that is traditional in our country

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I can name mostof the Scout Groups

that are near to mine

There are cubslike you

all over the world

In our Association, there are

Scout Groups. The first Group that was

established in our country is called

I know cubsfrom all these Groups

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activities carried out with other PacksI take part in exchange activitieswith other Groups

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I know the symbols of some other countries of the American Continent and the Caribbean

You could have a competition among the sixes: which is the first to find the flags of the American and Caribbean countries that are not in the crossword?

Answer on page 154

To solve this crossword you have to put the names of 20 American countries in the right place.

Locate them by their flags

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I take part in activities in whichI learn how important peace is

Understanding among people is essential to peace

Why not write a dialogue for these characters or tell the story of these

cartoons. Then compare what the different sixes have done and talk about what the

story shows us.

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I know the main animals and plants of my country which could disappear if we don't

do something to help them

We are all partof nature and wemust take care of it

Following indiscriminate hunting, the panda was on the point of disappearing. That is why it is the world symbol for all those who protect animals in danger of extinction.

I found out that in our country these are the animals and plants

in danger of disappearing

this is what is being done to protect itname

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I look after trees and plantsin the places where I live,work and play

How about ifyou and your Pack undertake to

look aftera small square

or community gardenclose to the Group?

I keep a small garden

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to be a generous and caring person

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AnswersOn page 144 the word you make is solidarity.

Answer to crossword on page 149.

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tyrant a ruler with complete power, usually gained unjustly and by force, who rules cruelly and unjustly

outcrop a rock or groupof rocks which appears atthe surface of the ground

indifferent notinteresed in; not caring about or noticing

amazed filled with greatsurprise or wonder

dawn the first light of day before the sun rises

indiscriminate not showing the ability to see a difference in value between people, groups, things or situations

Here I write the meaning of other words

I have discovered

fuss en excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle

dont make a fuss!

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Did you know…?

The place on the earth where most rain falls is Tutunendo, in Colombia, with an average of 11,770 millimetres of water

in a year. The driest place is Arica, Chile, where the yearly rainfall reaches

an average of just 0.76 millimetres.

Did you know…?

Some 200 million years ago, there was just one enormous continent, which divided and divided to make the continents

we have today.

Maybe in a few million years North America will separatefrom South America to form two continents.

What will the world be like then?

Do you know which native people lived in our country at the time when

the Spanish discovered America?

On the pages to come we invite you to learn about part of the culture of some of these peoples.

You will have to find the rest out for yourself.

in the place where I live there is an average of

millimetres of rain per year.

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Who are we?

these are the people, and these are the other things I have found out about them

Our tongue was "nahuatl". When the tolteca culture was in decline, we reached the high plains of Mexico. We lived in family groups, each led by one military chief and one civilian one. The chiefs of all the families formed a council of chiefs and appointed the "tlacatecuhli" or "chief of men", who had the status of an emperor. The good thing was that the chief of men became emperor by election - the title was not inherited. We ate maize, beans, squash, peppers, tomatoes, fish, shellfish, frogs and aquatic insects, apart from the meat of domestic animals, including dogs.

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From what is known today, we were the only ones, among our pre-hispanic counterparts, to have had writings.

Proof of this is the Popol Vuh, which is a kind of bible in which we tell our legend about how the world was created. We developed a 365-day calendar, with 19 months. We

invented a numerical system which included the number "0" - and

that was 1,000 years before the Hindustanis made that mathematical concept known

to the world. We lived in quite an extensive territory which included what is today Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Belize and part of Mexico.

Who are we?


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Who are we?We lived in the Antilles, but not in the Greater Antilles. We lived on the eastern edge of Central America and on the coast of South America, from the Darien to the Orinoco delta. Because we were great sailors,we were called the Phoenecians of the Antilles. We were ferocious and hardy,and difficult to dominate, But we were also kind of barbarous - we practised cannibalism and put the heads of our victims on stakes to protect our cities.When the Spanish arrived, they saw us canoeing among our houses on stilts near Lake Maracaibo, which reminded them of the city of Venice, in Italy, giving rise to the name Venezuela.


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Who are we?We were the first natives met by Columbus. Both men and women played a kind of football on a rectangular pitch, with teams of 20 players per side, and a ball made of rubber which we extracted from a tree. The game was accompanied by dances with drums, rattles and a kind of castanets, a bit

like the supporters of today. We were good fishermen and we used nets of

cotton or fibre, as well as canoes of cedarwood which held up to 80 people. We lived in what is now Brazil and part of the Caribbean, reaching the area that is known today as the Lesser Antilles and the Bahamas.


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Our social organisation was based on the "ayllu". Each "ayllu" was a grouping of small families, all descended from a single couple of remote ancestors, guided by a "curaca", which, in our tongue, means "the greatest of all". We believed in organising ourselves around collective work to produce benefits for everyone. For that reason we practised reciprocity or "ayne", and the "minga" or community principle for carrying out group tasks. We had a solar year with months according to the phases of the moon, which helped us in agriculture, since we grew some 80 varieties of plants. We belonged to the oldest and most advanced pre-hispanic empire, that of Tahuantinsuyo. Based in El Cusco, we dominated what is now Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and part of Colombia, Chile and Argentina.

Who are we?


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Who are we?Our name means "people of the earth". We lived in "rucas", which

are wooden cabins with straw roofs, which we built far away from each

other to avoid evil sprits. We had a division of labour which was very convenient for our men, who devoted themselves to building rucas and fighting enemies, while

our women sowed, harvested, made pottery, wove and cooked. The women did practically all the daily work, but when there were celebrations, they shoed off their beautiful silver jewellery. We are remembered for our repeated defence of our freedom: the Spanish took 300 years to dominate us. We lived south of the River Maule, in the central region of Chile and a large part of the pampa plain in Argentina.


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Friends of God like

Francis I, Francis of Assisi, have been close by watching you and I have realised how much you have grown and learned.

One of the reasons I am known is for my love for nature, and nature is one of God's ways of telling us that He is there, giving us the best He can. There are people who do not believe that I spoke with the animals. But you know that it is true, because I told you something about that in the story of the wolf of Gubio. Do you remember?

Now I want to tell you about another part of my life, about meeting some people who repulsed me and from whom, nevertheless, I received a great lesson.

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When I came back from the war, ready to change my old way of life, I became more and more interested in the poor, the sick and the cast-out. I tried to help everyone, with money, food or, if I had none to hand, with my own clothes. Even though I did it secretly, my mother found out and she began to take part in my works of charity. She had her reasons; she wanted to understand what was happening to me.

I remember that during a pilgrimage I made to Rome, I ended up wearing the clothes of a beggar and begging for alms on the steps of St. Peter's, in the Vatican, to put myself in the place of my brothers the beggars. In spite of all my efforts, I felt that I was not able to be completely happy, I felt that God wanted something more of me, but I couldn't guess exactly what it was He was asking me to do.

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At the time when I lived, many people suffered from a contagious disease called leprosy, which covers the body in wounds and parts of the face and extremities are lost. To protect healthy people, lepers had to leave their homes and go to live in a leper colony, outside the city. They also had to hang a bell round their neck so that when they came out to beg, people could throw them something to help and then get away without being infected. Lepers were not thought of as sick people, but as people who were cursed.

There was a leper colony outside Assisi. I used to take very long routes to avoid passing close to it because I felt horror and repulsion at the lepers. When I came back from Rome, one night I heard the voice of God asking me to love still more, to love everyone, to love even those whom I disdained. Suddenly everything was clear... I had to help my brother lepers.

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At first it was hard. I had to overcome my fear and revulsion. Humbly, asking God to help me, I managed to come close to them. I visited them regularly at the leper colony, took their hands and consoled them for their great suffering.

My brother lepers were very surprised because I did not flee from them like everyone else, and even embraced them without fear. But I was the most surprised of all, because I began to feel true peace and happiness.

And so, from the people I least expected, from the ones I most despised, I received the greatest gift...because they showed me the path to God.

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This is a portion of the prayer ofFrancis of Assisi

Dear God,grant that I may not wishso much to be consoledas to console,to be understoodas to understand,to be lovedas to love...

this story of francis of assisi teaches me:

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Nature is a gift from Godwhich helps us to get to know Him. He has also given each person something of Himself.

That is why we can find God in nature and in other people

these thingshave been created

by God

these thingshave been createdby human beings

I have learned to recognise nature as God's workEverything you see around you was created by someone. Some have been created by people, and other by God.

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F J H K H G P H J G D B C F B G A F C O O P E R A T I O N T F R I E N D S H I P O A L V E U D I S C R I M I N A T I O NL E N B O M M K I N D N E S SE S E I O W D A S E M K P I V Z U JN O N C A A E N M I T Y R I K T W U L L V J C R E S P E C T R I R Y Ñ SE B Y I U N D E R S T A N D I N G T R T R W H E L P C A T T Ñ A I C F I P E D J S P A I R H A T E Y Z M C A O S I N C E R I T Y D R X A B R E I

In this letter spaghetti there are 8 wordswhich express concern for other people.

And there are 5 which mean the opposite. Find them!

Answer on page 181

Oh God, this is your world, You created us, You love us,teach usto live in the worldyou have made.

I like it when peopledo good turns for others

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God also makes Himself present through your church or temple, which is the community of all those who have the same faith as you

and on this subject I talk to

about my religion I would like to know more about

I ask other people whenthere are things that I wantto know about my religion

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I take part in activtiesin which I learn about my religion

I take part in all these activitiesin my church or temple

this is how I imagine God

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I help in the religiouscelebrations in the Pack

Tell us aboutthe last religious celebration

you had in the Pack

it was when we celebrated

that day I had to

what I liked most about the ceremony was

it helped me to

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I understand that it is importantto pray together in the Pack

One of the ways of getting close to God is through prayer.

We can pray alone or with our friends

Lord,teach us to be generous,

to serve You as You deserve,to give and not to count the cost,

to fight and not to fear harm,to work and not to ask for rest

and to seek no other rewardthan that of knowing

we do Your will.

Sweet and good Lord,teach me to be

humble and kind,to follow your example,

to love you with all my heart

and to follow the paththat brings meclose to Your.

These are prayers said by cubsin many parts of the world

Cubs pray when they want tothank God for what they have received

or ask His help when they need it.

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I pray at importanttimes of the day

This is how I prayto God when I get up

This is how I thank God when I go to bed

This is how I ask Him to bless my food

the time of day I like to pray most is

because

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Sometimes I lead the prayersthat we say in the Pack

Make your own prayer

All the Pack meetings couldbegin and end with prayers

prepared by the cubs

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I think that this girlI think that this boy

I realise when peopleare living in accordancewith the teachings of their religion

Our faith in God should showin the way we treatother people

because because

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I act in accordancewith what my religion

teaches me when

I don't act in accordance with what my religion teaches me when

I understand that the teachingsof my religion have to showin the way that I behavewith my friends and companions

My religion teaches me that all peopleare my brothers and sisters

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All my companions areimportant, even if they don'thave the same religion as me

Each religion is a wayof getting close to God

I remember that once

do you have a friend who hasa different religion to yours?

what have you discussed about it?

Have you ever found that when you have had a problemyou have received support from the companion

you would have least imagined?

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I know that there are other religionsthat are different from mine

I belong to the religion

and these are all the things that I have wondered about other religions

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here I writeother things I mean to do

to get to know and love Godand all people

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Solution to crosswordon page 169:

The actions which express concern for others are :

COOPERATION, FRIENDSHIP, RESPECT, KINDNESS, JUSTICE,

HELP, SINCERITY and UNDERSTANDING.

Those which express the opposite are:

DISCRIMINATION, ENMITY, HATE,

ENVY and WAR.

Answers

F J H K H G P H J G D B C F B G A F C O O P E R A T I O N T F R I E N D S H I P O A L V E U D I S C R I M I N A T I O NL E N B O M M K I N D N E S SE S E I O W D A S E M K P I V Z U JN O N C A A E N M I T Y R I K T W U L L V J C R E S P E C T R I R Y Ñ SE B Y I U N D E R S T A N D I N G T R T R W H E L P C A T T Ñ A I C F I P E D J S P A I R H A T E Y Z M C A O S I N C E R I T Y D R X A B R E I

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repulsion revulsion, something which makes you feel sick

cast-out shut out, discriminated against,left out

pilgrimage journey or processions for a religious reason

despise to regard as worthless, bad, or completely without good qualities; to feel extreme dislike

and disrespect for

Here I write the meaning of other

words I have discovered

justice a virtue which consists of giving to each what he or she deserves according to reason, fairness or the law

enmity hostility, rivalry, aggresion

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When you go on an outing or campremember these simple recommendations

to have fun safely

NO!YES!

In high places: they are drier and have a better view

Somewhere sheltered fromthe wind, heat and cold

Somewhere flat

In a place where there is drinking water nearby

Close to animal sheltersor letrines

In dry watercoursesor marshy places

Under trees, or on a hill,or at the bottom of a slope

Close to places where there could be rockfalls

these are other ideas I can think of

Where should your tent be pitched?

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Dig a hole to bury all biodegradable rubbish - that is rubbish that will serve to fertilise the soil when it decomposes.

Don't leave plastic, aluminium or glass containers on the ground. As well as not being biodegradable, they are dangerous for animals and glass can start fires. You should put this kind of waste in garbage bags and take it back to the city to dispose of it properly.

For this reason, when you go camping, try to take your food and cleaning kit in biodegradable or re-usable containers.

I found out that glasscan cause fires because

Always leave theplace where you camp cleaner than you found it!

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these ones arebiodegradable

these ones arenot biodegradable

Of the things we usually take when we go camping...

Take a medium-sized towel and not a large one to camp. It will dry more quickly and take up less space in your backpack. Always hang it up after you use it so that it doesn't begin to smell bad. Remember to put it away at night so that it doesn't get damp with the dew.

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and when you come home...Separate the things in your backpack into three piles, depending on how much you used them

things I used once or twice

things I used every day

things I never used

These are things I didn't take and found I needed

Next time you go campingtake only the things in the first and last groups!

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You probably already know how to swim. But remember... you always think you swim better than you really do!

I know that in camp I always have to swim in

and with a responsible

nearby. Also, I have to

wait at least to

go into the water after eating.

In the mountains, never leave the path or trail marked. By looking for short-cuts, you could get lost or find dangerous or unusable

routes. Don't throw stones and avoid making them roll, because they could

hurt someone, make sparks and start a fire or set off a

landslide.

To avoid getting tired on a hike, breathe through your nose and talk only as much

as necessary. Take short steps at your own speed, without hurrying or stopping. With each step, put your whole foot down evenly, to divide your body weight equally between heel and toes.

You and your companions' safety is the most important thing. Don't do anything that might

risk your health or that of others.

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Maybe this was your first Booklet or, if you have been in the Pack for longer, you might have started with the Tender Pad and continued with the Leaping Wolf stage.

In any case, you have set yourself many challenges and overcome them thanks to your own efforts and the support of others.

Different people and characters have been your guides. Each of them offered you a path to follow. And you too added your own personal challenges with your own hand.

Now you are finishing your Trail-finder wolf stage.Look how much you have been able to achieve by

your own efforts and the help of others!

It hasn't always been an easy path, but your friends in the Pack, your leaders and family

have always been willing to help you.

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Keep this Bookletas a reminder of your achievements!

Every time you thought you had reached a new goal, you talked about it with your leaders to see if they agreed with you.

And so you put stickers in the places for them in the Booklet, which remind you what you have achieved.

And, little by little, as you grew, together with your leaders you decided that you had completed the Trail-Finder Wolf stage and you formally received the badge for the next stage.

Now, continue on your way, and you will begin the Hunting Wolf stage,

a very important stage,because it will be the last for you in the Pack

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You have achieved many goals, but others are still pending. You can reach them during this new stage. So, when you receive your

remember to put in the stickersof the challenges you have already

reached, then it will be easier to discover

which goals you still have to achieve.

And keep going, because you cubs always try to

Hunting WolfBooklet

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addresses and telephone numbers of my friends from the Pack and scout Group

name address

DraftingCarolina CarrascoLoreto GonzálezLoreto Jansana

English versionSally Shaw

Revision of contents and text (Spanish original)Héctor Carrer, Argentina Jorge Fuentes, Bolivia Luiz Cesar de Simas Horn, Brazil Omar Rincón, Colombia Oscar Calderón, Costa Rica Susana Smith, Dominican Republic Jorge Becerra, Ecuador

Revision of contents and text (English version)Arthur Taylor, BahamasHilberto Riverol, Martha Sosaand Cynthia Henkins, BelizeWinston Hayle, Cayman Islands

ContributionsEmilio MartinJuan Pablo Del BruttoSantiago Del Brutto

IllustrationsMariano Ramos

Design and layoutMaritza Pelz

PrintingMorgan S.A., Santiago, Chile

ProductionInteramerican Scout Office

Editing and directingLoreto González, Alberto Del Brutto and Gerardo González

Our special thanks to the children and leaders of the Scout Groupsin the Caribbean Associations who helped us try out this Booklet.

Manuel Isidro Romero, El SalvadorSalvador Padilla, MexicoFernando Sánchez, PanamaElena Ojeda de Ruiz-Díaz, ParaguayRosa Segura, PeruAlberto Del Brutto andGabriel Oldenburg, Interamerican Scout Office

Louise Williams and Sonia Johnson, JamaicaCheryl Lewis, Trinidad and TobagoAlberto Del Brutto, Ronald Richardson andLoreto González, Interamerican Scout Office

This Bookletwas prepared for you by

This Booklet is partof the publications

programme envisagedin the Regional Plan

for developingMacpro at the level

of the Junior Section.

Method for Creation and Continuous Updating of the

Youth Programme

This publication is a joint effortin benefit of the English-speaking

scout associationsof the Interamerican Region

The Scout Association of the BahamasBarbados Boy Scouts AssociationThe Scout Association of Belize

Scouts CanadaThe Scout Association of DominicaThe Scout Association of GrenadaThe Scout Association of GuyanaThe Scout Association of JamaicaThe Saint Lucia Scout Association

The Scout Association of Saint Vincent and The GrenadinesThe Scout Association of Trinidad and Tobago

Boy Scouts of America (United States of America)

Branches of The Scout Association (United Kingdom):

The Scout Association of AnguillaAntigua and Barbuda Branch of The Scout Association

The Scout Association of BermudaThe Scout Association of British Virgin Islands

The Scout Association of Cayman IslandsThe Scout Association of Montserrat

The Scout Association of Saint Kitts and NevisThe Scout Association of Turk and Caicos

World Organization of the Scout MovementInteramerican Scout Office

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