June Cub Scout Roundtable Issue
July 2008 Theme
Aquanaut & Geologist
On The Beach
Baltimore Area Council
Create a list ahead of time of the types of
words needed for the story, and ask the audience to provide the words to fill in
the blanks in the story. The narrator reads the story. Filling in the blanks
with the words provided by the audience.
Person in Room_______________________
If you want to enjoy yourself at
the beach, you should bring your _plural noun_. Before exposing your skin
to the sun, you should put suntan oil on your _body part_
. Rub it on your face; then smear it all over. Be sure that it's rubbed in
thoroughly. Then go into the salt water and _verb _. When you come out of
the water, don't dry your _body part_. Lie down
on a(an) _noun_ and soak up the rays. It's fun if you bring a(an) _noun_
to play with at the beach, l like
to build _plural noun_ with sand. You see all sorts of bodies
at the beach. Some are _adjective_ like your own. You can
_verb_ on the beach. Some beaches allow you to sunbathe without your
_plural noun_, _exclamation_ ! My friend, _person
in room_ went to a beach without
his/her _noun_ and got so sunburned that he/she had
to walk home.
In this audience participation, the audience will be
divided into the necessary number of groups and each group will say the
following lines when their name is called:
Fisherman Great day for
Fish Bubble, Bubble
Everyone pretends to reel in a fish
Once there was a FISHERMAN who
went FISHing on a sunny April day. He was hoping to catch a big FISH. He found
a nice spot and stopped along the river.
The FISHERMAN put the REEL on
his rod, and a worm on his hook and started to FISH. He patiently waited and
waited, but no FISH came to eat the WORM on the hook. The FISHERMAN decided to
leave his hook and WORM in the water and take a little nap. He was awakened by
the screeching sound of his REEL; sure enough he had hooked into a great big
The FISHERMAN wounded in the
REEL and to his surprise he found a stick on the end of his hook. The WORM was
gone. So the FISHERMAN put another WORM on his hook and tossed his line into
the water. Again he was awakened by the sound of the REEL, this time he found a
tin can on his hook. “This is getting frustrating” he said, “I really want to
catch a FISH before I run out of WORMs”.
One last time the FISHERMAN
threw this line into the water and set his rod and REEL beside him. The sound
of the REEL woke him once again. This time however he could not REEL in his
FISH he knew for sure that his WORM was ling gone. He REELed and REELed until
finally a large black fin rose out of the water. The FISHERMAN has caught a
submarine. Riiinnnng . . . . went the alarm clock the FISHERMAN rolled over and
said “six thirty in the morning”. The whole trip had only been a dream.
IN SEARCH OF SUN SCREEN
Divide the audience into four
groups. Assign a part to each group and have them practice. As narrator, read
the story, they respond to the appropriate word.
Timmy: “I love
Cub Scouts: “Do
Swim/Swimming: “Splash, splash, splash”.
Sun Screen: “Aaaaaaaaa-Oooooooo”.
The day of the summer Pack
meeting was hot and dry. That was good because it was to be a SWIMMING party.
The CUB SCOUTS and their families were to meet at the Miller’s house at noon.
TIMMY started getting ready at 9 O’clock in the morning. He loved to SWIM. He
had just completed SWIMMING lessons at the local SWIMMING pool and had his card
stating that TIMMY had passed Advanced Beginners. He knew all his CUB SCOUT
friends would be surprised. It was just last year that TIMMY could not SWIM at
TIMMY found his SWIMMING suit
and towel and even his thongs without any trouble. But search as he might he
could not find his SUN SCREEN. This was terrible. All the CUB SCOUTS had learned
the importance of always using SUN SCREEN at one of the Den meetings. TIMMY knew
that he must protect his skin from the intense summer sun while he was young so
that he would not get skin cancer when he got older. Also, he did not want to
get a bad sunburn. One of his friends in CUB SCOUTS had fallen asleep in the sun
and couldn’t sit down or lay in bed comfortably for a week!
“Where are you, SUN SCREEN?”
asked TIMMY as he started looking through the house again. It was almost time
for the SWIMMING party. He didn’t want to be late. That was when he found it.
Way in the back of a bathroom drawer, there was the SUN SCREEN. He grabbed it
but to his dismay, the tube felt very light. Oh, no! The SUN SCREEN tube was
empty. TIMMY could not squeeze out even one little drop. What could he do? There
was no time to go to the store before meeting the CUB SCOUTS for the SWIMMING
party. And he knew he should never go SWIMMING without his SUN SCREEN.
Just then, TIMMY’s big brother
Weston came bursting through the kitchen door. “What’s the matter”, he asked
when he saw TIMMY sitting dejectedly in the living room? I’m all out of SUN
SCREEN. I can’t go SWIMMING with the CUB SCOUTS, was the reply. “Here, you can
use mine”, said Weston, tossing his little brother a new tube of SUN SCREEN.
TIMMY couldn’t believe it. Just that fast was his problem solved. “Thanks, Wes!”
TIMMY shouted as he headed out the door to the SWIMMING party with the CUB
SCOUTS. And for a whole week he didn’t say anything bad about his brother!
Capital Area Council, TX
Narrator reads story. When audience hears a "water" word, they do a wave, like
at sporting events.
upon a time, there lived a poor merchant from Botany Bay. He sailed
across the Seas to distant lands. He traveled with his dog, Bruno.
During Ocean voyages, he missed his family.
one of these Sea journeys, the poor merchant traveled to the island of
Catomania. He heard a loud caterwaul as he entered the Bay. The island
had a terrible problem. Too many cats! The king begged him to help. The poor
merchant let loose his trusty Bruno. Bruno chased the cats on board the ship in
poor merchant quickly set sail for the high Seas, with a shipload of
cats. At the next port, the island of Micea, he found another island with a
problem. They had never seen a cat before. The island was run over with Sea
gulls. There was practically not a place to land his ship because the gulls
covered the Water's edge. He was able to sell all of the cats to the
inhabitants of Micea. The cats who were hungry after the long Ocean
journey, gobbled up all of the gulls but two who flew to the top mast of the
poor merchant's ship in the BAY.
merchant sailed for many days in the Ocean. When he reached America, he
brought out his caravan of camels. They pulled his ship right to the Rio Grande
River in Albuquerque. He found the pioneers wrestling with a plague of
locusts. The quick-thinking merchant threw a stone at the giant gulls. They
swooped down and hungrily devoured the locusts. The pioneers who were still
settling in, didn't have much to trade, so he let his camels have a drink from
the River and was on his way again.
next stop was an island called Waterworld. There was so much Water,
the islanders had a hard time eating, sleeping, working or playing. The camels
smelled the Water as soon as they made port and stampeded. Soon, the
excess Water was gone. The islanders thanked the merchant by presenting
him with a cargo hold full of umbrellas. They wouldn't he needing them anymore.
When the merchant arrived home, his family Rained tears of joy. The
tears poured for days and days. The wise merchant who knew it never Rains
but it pours, sold the cargo hold of umbrellas to the good citizens, and became
the now rich merchant from Botany Bay.
Robinson Crusoe's Diary
Capital Area Council, TX
This is a nonsense game that never fails to crack them up -
the sillier, the better! Names of objects are written on slips of paper and
dropped into a container. As "Mr. Crusoe" reads his diary, each "sailor" takes
turns drawing from the container to fill in the blanks.
Copy these phrases on slips of
A big tree
A wild goat
A loud noise
A strong fence
A chest of gold
A pile of straw
A piece of canvas
All my belongings
A table and chair
A cup of goat's milk
The top of the hill
morning I woke up early and ate my breakfast, which consisted of
and . Afterward, I took my saw and hammer and built
. Since I was shipwrecked and alone, I had to go hunting in the
woods to see what I might have for lunch. I forgot my gun, so I had to capture
with my bare hands. I also tried to catch to but
could not run fast enough. I went home to my cave, sat down in
and ate my lunch. Since my clothes were all lost as sea, I
decided to make myself something to wear. I made a pretty neat hat from
and a coat out of . I decided to wrap my feet
in . Suddenly, I heard a and rushed out and
climbed into . I looked through just in case I might see
. I didn't but there on the beach I saw dancing
in wild glee around . Running up the trail toward my
hideout was crying out and looking very frightened. I hid the poor
thing behind . I then found my gun, loaded it with
and stood guard over . When it seemed safe, I got busy and
built all around . Then I finally lay down in my
comfortable bed, mad of , and slept soundly.
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