I solemnly swear to do my best Every day and in all that I do 1 To be brave and strong To be truthful and compassionate To be interesting and interested 2 To pay attention and question3 The world around me 4 To think of others first To always help and protect my friends And to make the world a better place5 For Lumberjane scouts And for everyone else THEN THERE’S A LINE ABOUT GOD OR WHATEVER Being a Lumberjane is about being the best Lumberjane you can be and part of being the best Lumberjane you can be is connecting with things outside of yourself By looking at it writ ing down the stuff you see and eventually conducting serious interview-type research We did this project with our whole cabin because Lumberjanes Lumberjanes work best when we work together And we included our friend Barney who is technically a part of Zodiac cabin but really these borders are subjective and multifunctional and Barney is super smart when it comes to anthropological and biological study Plus no one knows more about safety than Barney 1 2 3 4 5 Using every second of every day To learn And observe All the stuff What better way to make the world a better place than by understanding more about it 6
We interviewed mermaids learned camp games from Cyclopses and got some solid hair-care tips from yeti plus we uncovered what Bearwoman eats for breakfast And that’s just the start Each section of this paper was prepared by a member of this team following a general theme April Literary Creatures Jo Flying Creatures Mal Creative Creatures Molly Greek Creatures Molly Greek Creatures Barney Creatures to Watch Out For Ripley Cute and Curious Creatures In addition to our individual observations we have all also notated one another’s research because as Ripley says footnotes and sidebars are like sprinkles they make everything better Thank you for your consideration in the matter of this BEAST We hope you enjoy reading this as much as we enjoyed writing it April Signed Mal Molly Jo Ripley and Barney 7
MIGHTY APRIL
MEET APRIL NUMBER OF BADGES 96 FAVORITE BADGES Pungeon Master Do the Write Thing LAST BOOK READ The Old Mermaid and the Sea FAVORITE SONG Let the Sunshine In FAVORITE CREATURE Mermaids SPECIALTIES Adventure leadership mountain climbing enthusiasm puns scrapbooking enthusiasm I like the crisp smell of adventure and the shiny brightness of a cool new thing I love reaching new heights and then parachuting down from those heights on the back of a strong wind 9
