(adapted from "Woods Wisdom - Scoutmaster's Minutes")
Tonight I'm going to tell you a pretend story, a story that didn't really happen - at least, I don't think it did. It's about a boy named Brian who had just moved into town and didn't have any friends.
One night Brian happened to come by our meeting place and heard us having fun. He hung around for a while, listening and looking, but he couldn't get up the nerve to come in. I guess he was just a little bit timid.
Anyway, the next week he was back, hanging around the door. He still couldn't get up his courage to come in and join us.
Brian was waiting around the door when he saw a Scout coming down the street, heading for our troop meeting. That Scout was you.
That's all of the story I'm going to tell. You have to finish it. What happened? Did you brush by Brian, or did you invite him to come in?
Last Revised 04/01/02