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The Joy of Scouting

Now after reading this don't, for goodness' sake, drop your jaw and think that "this is not the sort of thing you want to learn in becoming a Cadet." There is no need to be downhearted because there is a serious side underlying all the jollity of Scout games. Quite the opposite. Scout games and practices are just as lively and exciting as any others, but they bring greater enjoyment in the end. Why? Because after all, when you have played your tennis or your golf, your hockey or even your humble hopscotch, you begin to think it was very jolly but there was something lacking; what good did it do to anyone? It was to some extent time wasted. The worst agony of death at the moment when the sands are running out and minutes are precious is the feeling that so many hours of life have been wasted on things that did not matter.