ARRANGEMENT:
Call all boys in the pack into a semi circle on the floor with the Webelos
first. Tigers will stand behind candle table facing ring of boys. Parents stand
behind them.
Akela:
The moon is full, just as it was long ago on that night in the jungle when
Mowgli first joined the wolf pack. It has been many years since Mowgli returned
from living with the wolves. After he returned, he taught us many of the lessons
he learned while in the jungle. The most important was that the strength of the
wolf is the pack, and the strength of the pack is the wolf. That is why we are
here tonight in this council ring. Tonight we have many young boys who have
earned their tiger badges. So let us begin. Parents, bring forward these tiger
cubs.
(Once Tigers and
parents are in place, call rest of scouts to circle on the floor.)
Akela:
Each of you Tigers has learned the Tiger Cub promise. Are you boys ready to make
that promise again in front of your parents and the rest of the pack?
(Akela shakes head
in yes motion. Boys should also shake their heads yes.)
(Shere Khan now
interrupts from an unseen place offstage.)
Shere Khan:
These boys are tiger cubs! The pack has no business with them!
Akela:
Shere Khan! The Evil One! Mowgli knew you in the jungle as an evil tiger. And
you tried to catch him whenever you could.
Shere Khan:
These boys are tiger cubs! I will be the one to teach them!
Akela:
Silence, Shere Khan, you evil one! Even among the tigers you are scorned because
of your evil ways. Only the most disgraceful of tigers hunt for man cubs as you
do.
But we know the one
thing that you fear the most, the red flower. And the reason you fear the red
flower of fire so much is that all your evil cannot stand against the light of
one small red flower.
I will prove to you
that each of these tiger cubs has already chosen to walk the path of truth and
light. I will prove to you that each of these boys knows that your dark path is
evil.
Akela:
Tigers, I have here your tiger badge that you have earned! Do you want to accept
this badge and go on to become a Cub Scout with this pack? Or do you want to
leave us now and go learn the wicked ways of Shere Khan, the evil tiger?
Tigers:
Stay with the Pack!
Akela:
Then make the Tiger Cub sign and repeat the Tiger Cub Promise with me.
I promise to love God,
my family, and to learn about the world
Akela:
You have chosen well young tigers. So that Shere Khan can see the wisdom and
truth that already has begun to grow in your young heart, I want you to light
one of these red flowers.
(After each boy has
lit a candle, give him his tiger badge.)
Akela:
Shere Khan would teach you boys to have empty minds and to have no concern about
others. So that he will know that you already know better than that, I want each
of you boys to again make the Tiger Cub sign an repeat the Tiger Motto with me.
"Search, discover, and
share"
Shere Khan:
These boys are tiger cubs! I will be the one to teach them!
Akela:
Silence and be gone evil one! These boys know better than to follow you. Pack
[number]! These tiger cubs have chosen well. Over the years we hope that the red
flowers they have planted tonight will thrive and grow into blazing arrows of
light. So to encourage these young tiger cubs and to send Shere Khan on his way,
let's give a good loud tiger growl.
(Akela leads pack in
tiger growl.)