(adapted from "Woods Wisdom - Scoutmaster's Minutes")
Scouts, did you know that everybody, including you, has a wild animal behind bars? The wild animal is your tongue, and the bars are your teeth.
If your tongue is not trained, it can cause a lot of trouble, not only for yourself, but for those around you. Keep those bars of teeth closed until your tongue is so well trained that you know it won't harm anybody.
Your wild animal can make trouble by bad-mouthing other people, by using gossip and slander, and by making wisecracks at the wrong time. Train your tongue so that it knows the right time to speak and the time to keep quiet. Until you have it fully trained, keep that wild animal behind bars.
Last Revised 12/19/01