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Song - Advancement in Rank

     
Divide the group into seven 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
TIGER "Roar"
WOLF "Howl"
BEAR "Growl"
WEBELOS "Let's go camping!"
LEADERS "Let's go, boys!"
PARENTS "I'll help!"
THE PACK THAT ADVANCEMENT BUILT "Congratulations, Boys!"

Once upon a time, there was a Cub Pack. Not a large Pack, in fact not even a small Pack. Just a medium-sized Pack. There were TIGERS ___ and WOLVES ___ and BEARS ___ and WEBELOS ___. But they stayed TIGERS ___ and WOLVES ___ and BEARS ___ and WEBELOS ___. And that's the way the Pack stayed a medium-sized Pack.

One evening, all the LEADERS ___ got together at the monthly Pack LEADERS ___ meeting to figure out why their Pack stayed medium-sized. One Den LEADER ___ thought it was the PARENTS ___ fault. One Den LEADER ___ thought it was the boys' fault. One Den LEADER ___ didn't know whose fault it was!

But one Den LEADER ___ thought that the reason their Pack stayed medium-sized was advancement! They had no advancement! So all the LEADERS ___ put their heads together and began to promote advancement. Soon, they were becoming THE PACK THAT ADVANCEMENT BUILT ___.

Their TIGERS ___ became WOLVES ___ and their WOLVES ___ became BEARS ___ and their BEARS ___ became WEBELOS ___ and their WEBELOS ___ advanced to Boy Scouts. Soon the LEADERS ___ were happy, the PARENTS ___ were happy and the boys were especially happy. They grew from a medium-sized Pack to a large, stronger Pack. And with the LEADERS ___ help, and PARENTS ___ help, and the WOLVES ___, BEARS ___ and WEBELOS ___ help, they really were THE PACK THAT ADVANCEMENT BUILT ___.

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