• Cubmaster: "The indians believed in animal spirits. These spirits helped the indians and gave them special powers. It was good to have the strength from many animal spirits. But each indian also had a main spirit.

  "One advantage to spending time alone in the wilderness is that you might meet your spirit animal. And, to meet your spirit animal is to make your life more complete. An indian might be canoeing alone across a lake, when he spies a wolf on the shore. And as the wolf looks into his eyes, he'll just know, that it is his spirit animal. Of course you can only meet you spirit animal when you are alone."

• Assistant: "Will The following scouts please come gather around the campfire with your parents:" (call names)

• Cubmaster: "The wolf gives us 2 strengths: wisdom and bravery. The wolf is one of the smartest animals in the woods. This wisdom will serve our braves well. The wolf is also very loyal to the pack. Because of this, the pack is much stronger than the wolf by itself.

  "Now if you are ready, we will give you the markings of the wolf."

• Assistant: (Call names)

Submitted by Lisa Briggs in 2007