Honored Members of the Lumberjane Council My name is Jen Lumberjane counselor astronomer constant worrier I have had the privilege of being the counselor for Roanoke cabin charged with the care of five bright scouts April Ripley Jo Mal and Molly I am submitting these scouts with the addition of Barney of Zodiac cabin for the honor of the BEAST Best Everything Amazing Study Trophy the highest achievement in Lumber know-how a scout can achieve When the scouts of Roanoke approached me with the proposition to do the BEAST and asked me to supervise along with Camp Director Rosie I noted that this award is one often bestowed upon scouts with years more experience than the scouts of Roanoke cabin I also noted that April Ripley Jo Mal Molly and Barney are exceptional scouts and the BEAST would be a perfect perfect challenge for them Because like all good scouts they love a challenge There are few scouts as dedicated and never-in-the-place they-said-they-would-be as these six From the time the sun peeks over the horizon to the second the moon blooms in the sky and sometimes even much later than that the scouts of Roanoke Roanoke can be found or not being the best scouts they can be In 2
the time they have been in my charge I have been constantly amazed and often terrified by their adventurous spirits and by their desire to find new incredibly dangerous things to do In addition to seeking out activities that put them in peril the scouts of Roanoke have always been voracious learners learners Avid bookworms daylight and late-night readers they are always asking questions wanting to understand more about the world around them All of them have achieved their Book and See Library pins and their ReSearch Party I Saw the Signs Living Living the Plant Life See You a Well-Rounded Better Safety Than Sorry Right on Track Anthropolo-ME badges among many more I think it is possible that April has recently run out of room on her three badge sashes As part of their prep for the BEAST they have climbed many a mountain crossed several rivers scaled at least a dozen treetops and gotten into some heady conversations with many a Greek deity They have learned about moons and meditation breakfast habits and new languages And they have put it all into this collected work I am so delighted to be submitting these scouts for this achievement because of how they have inspired me and the other scouts at Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet’s Camp for Hardcore Lady Types I learn something new every day for knowing these scouts which makes it worth the stress I think And so without further ado I present their efforts here for your consideration Jen 3
WHY THE BEAST WHY NOT A Letter of Introduction from Roanoke Cabin
To the esteemed members of the Council HELLO We are April Jo Mal Molly Ripley and Barney and we want to know E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G Which is to say we want to know as much about as many things as we can possibly know We want to know not just many things or a lot of things or several things but SO MANY THINGS about SO MANY SUBJECTS Every time we think we’ve hit the edge of what we can learn about we part the trees and there’s just so much more And that is awesome The world is an amazing place with all these amazing things in it and every minute we spend not learning about all that stuff is just kind of a waste Every second we spend not learning about something is like saying something in the universe isn’t worth learning about And that could never be true That’s why being a Lumberjane is the perfect thing Being a Lumberjane is about taking advantage of every Being a Lumberjane is especially amazing because being a More and more that’s what we see when we read the Lumberjanes single second Lumberjane means always wanting to know more Lumberjanes Pledge
