“As you find an idea that suits your needs, I hope that you do not read it to your boys. Take the idea and express it in your own words.”
— Veteran Scouter Victor Reinholz - 1958
2020-26 Dull Knife
If our bodies are clean and sharp, we won't become dull and rusty like a knife that has not been given good care.
I’m holding in my hand an ordinary pocketknife. maybe you own one also. And maybe you still need to receive one after you earn your whittling chip or totem chip. it's a very useful tool around camp if you keep it clean and sharp.
If you let a knife get dull and rusty, it's not only useless, it's dangerous because it won't be able to do what you wanted to do. It's very easy to cut yourself when you try to force a dull knife to do something it can't do.
The same idea applies to our bodies. If our bodies are clean and sharp, we won't become dull and rusty like a knife that has not been given good care. That's why we exercise and play strenuous games. And that's why you want to keep your body fit now and, in the years to come. Let us all always do our best to be physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.