8/14/2019 The Lover Twins Join the Teenie Weenie Boy Scouts http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/the-lover-twins-join-the-teenie-weenie-boy-scouts 1/9 The Lover Twins Join the Teenie Weenie Boy Scouts The Teenie Weenies have a rule in their little community which the big folks would do well to adopt. Every Teenie Weenie boy and girl is made to join the Teenie Weenie Boy and Girl Scouts. When they are old enough to understand they are taken out into the woods, where they live for several weeks each summer, and they are taught how to take care of themselves in the forest. It was decided that the Lover twins were old enough to take up their training in woodcraft, so they were told to make ready for their entrance into the order of Teenie Weenie Boy Scouts. Mrs. Lover and the Lady of Fashion made the two little fellows each a suit of Scout clothes and the Old Soldier hammered their tiny axes out of the heads of two carpet tacks. He also made them two little hunting knives and each one a pack to carry his belongings in. The Indian was to take the little fellows into so she prepared such a have taken one of the t There were four ni towels apiece, four chan each, a bathrobe ap stockings each, four sh pair of shoes each, be many more things. Th quite excited when h clothes, for he would h the baggage and they h “One towel apiece hea Indian. “Wash towel ou dry in sun. Two pair cake soap too much.” “Yes, the Indian is righ who saw Mrs. Lover di Indian. “They will hav blankets to carry, as w kettles.” After a great deal of a finally had his way necessary things were
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8/14/2019 The Lover Twins Join the Teenie Weenie Boy Scouts
community which the big folks would do well to adopt. Every Teenie Weenie boy andgirl is made to join the Teenie Weenie Boyand Girl Scouts. When they are old enoughto understand they are taken out into the
woods, where they live for several weekseach summer, and they are taught how totake care of themselves in the forest.
It was decided that the Lover twins were oldenough to take up their training in
woodcraft, so they were told to make readyfor their entrance into the order of TeenieWeenie Boy Scouts. Mrs. Lover and the Ladyof Fashion made the two little fellows each asuit of Scout clothes and the Old Soldierhammered their tiny axes out of the headsof two carpet tacks. He also made them twolittle hunting knives and each one a pack tocarry his belongings in.
The Indian was to take the little fellows into
so she prepared such ahave taken one of the t There were four nitowels apiece, four chaneach, a bathrobe apstockings each, four shpair of shoes each, bemany more things. Thquite excited when h
clothes, for he would hthe baggage and they h
“One towel apiece heaIndian. “Wash towel oudry in sun. Two pair
cake soap too much.”
“Yes, the Indian is righ who saw Mrs. Lover diIndian. “They will havblankets to carry, as wkettles.”
After a great deal of afinally had his way necessary things were
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the load, while each of the twins carried hissweater, ax, coat, and blanket.
After much weeping and kissing on the part
of Mrs. Lover the three set off early the nextmorning toward the big woods. The firstnight the Indian made a camp beside thelittle creek which ran out of the woods. Hemade a bed of dry moss and soft dandelion
down under a big mullen leaf, and after thetwins had eaten their supper the tired littlefellows soon rolled up in their tiny blanketsand in spite of the loud cries of the cricketsthey quickly fell asleep.
It was just getting light the next morning when the Indian routed the twins out, andafter they had washed themselves in theclean creek water they sat down tobreakfast. The Indian baked deliciouspancakes, which he served with wonderfulsirup.
“Where did you get the good sirup?’ asked Jerry, one of the twins.
flowers and squeeze oume put over fire and come have sirup.”
After breakfast the threthe woods, where theyafternoon. The Indian putting up a shelter, wpoles and bark. The cam
a big stone, on a cleanthe creek. The twins hefor the shelter with thegathered dry moss forIndian tied the frame o with tough grass blades
“Me want shelter stronand the little fellow certfor it held the weight who perched on it ovisited camp.
There were plenty nearby, deliciously swcampers ate nearly a meal. After the twins ha
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As soon as the Teenie Weenie children areold enough they are taken out into the
woods, where they are taught many usefulthings. They are told what berries makegood food and where to find them; they aretaught to swim and how to keep from beinglost in the thickest jungle of tall grass.
The Lover twins had joined the TeenieWeenie Boy Scouts, and with the Indian astheir guide and teacher they had gone intothe big woods for their first lesson in woodcraft. The little campers had a
wonderfully snug shelter, which the Indianhad built out of sticks, grass, and bark, andtheir beds were made out of the soft down of the dry dandelion blossom.
The little fellows had spent a week in theirtiny camp and the Indian had shown thetwins many useful and wonderful things. Hetaught the two boys how to make a tinycanoe out of birch bark, how to build the
pitch from the pine tr where to find theraspberry, blackberrhuckleberries, and wintergreen, out of whIndian showed them hothe sweet clover blossothe use of roots medicincrawfish and roasted th
was thoroughly cookedscooped the delicious mand ate it.
“This bad time of yearsaid the Indian, as the around their tiny campmuch berries ripe nowMaybe we get turtle egout and look tomorrow.
“Where do you find the Jerry, one of the twins.
“Turtle he come up on beggs in ground,” answe
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many eggs, but we must get eggs while themheap fresh or them much no good. Afterturtle lay eggs he—I mean she—get out of ground and go back to water in creek, andeggs they hatch out into little turtles inmaybe four, five, six weeks.”
After breakfast the next morning the Indiantook his tiny gun and with the twins
following close behind he set off down thebank of the creek in search of a turtle’snest. He searched for a long time withoutfinding a sign of a nest and finally stoppedto ask a ground squirrel they met if he hadseen any signs of turtles making nests alongthe creek.
“Clip my whiskers, if I didn’t see one yesterday,” answered the squirrel.
“She was a pretty good sized one, and Ithink she had just come off her nest. I didn’tpay much attention to her, as I was busyhuntin’ for some nuts I buried last fall.”
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turtle. The Indian’s keplace where the nest wstick with his tiny ax, hin the sand. Presently hobject, and in a few m white turtle egg out of t
“There, that will keep utime,” said the Indian,
out. “Now we fill the hoturtle she never miss it.
“Hadn’t we better get one of the twins, funcovered several of
explained that there dozen in the nest.
“No. One egg him pletime,” cried the Indian.
The Indian made a ti which he lashed togbark, and, pushing thloaded the egg on to itt t Th
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“Where my gun?” askedaround the little clearcamped.
“I saw it leaning against answered Jerry, one of th
when we went out to get w while ago.”
The Indian and the twinshour for the lost gun. Th
leaf all around the camp, it. They asked their frieand a chipmunk, to helpeven these bright eyed ccould not find it.
“Well,” said the Indian, athe squirrel, “we must ggun just hang it up on over there, and I will comand look again.”
The bird and the squir
three Teenie Weenies pucanoe up the creek toward
It was a beautiful mornin‘enjoyed the trip, as thil tl l lidi b
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The two Teenie Weenie Boy Scouts, the Lovertwins, had learned great deal about wood craftduring their two weeks in the woods with theIndian. They learned how to make a bark canoe,how to make drinking cups out of seeds, andthey learned that acorns make handy buckets.
The Indian taught them where to look for themany berries that grow in the woods and where
to find the crawfish and turtle eggs.“You fellows learn much fast about woods. Youpretty smart maybe, so we will start home atsunup in morning,” announced the Indian whilethe three little people sat about their tinycampfire.
“0, we don’t want to go home!” wailed the twins.“We are having such a nice time. Please, can’t
we stay a few days more?”
“No, can’t do,” answered the Indian. “Your ma,she say two weeks, no more, so we go home in
morning.”
Before sunup the next morning the Indianrouted out the sleepy twins, and when they hadeaten their breakfast each Teenie Weenie
th d hi b l i d did th
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