The following appeared in Scouting Trails, our local
Roundtable publication (Dan Beard District, Suffolk County Council, NY). It was also read
aloud as part of the Roundtable closing ceremony, and as it was read there were warm
chuckles, knowing smiles and nodding heads throughout the room. I thought it might be
worth sharing. Enjoy.
"Boy" Defined:
Nature's answer to that false belief that there is no such
thing as perpetual motion. A creature that can swim like a fish, run like a deer, climb
like a squirrel, balk like a mule, bellow like a bull, eat like a pig, or act like a
jackass, all according to climatic conditions.
A piece of skin stretched over an appetite, a noise covered
with smudges. A growing animal of superlative promise, to be fed, watered and kept warm. A
joy forever, a periodic nuisance, the problem of our times, the hope of a nation. Every
boy born is evidence that God is not yet discouraged of man.
(By that most prolific of authors, Anonymous) -- jc
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