Stepping-Stones

Put down small bits of board, or cardboard (nailed to the ground) or mark on the ground a twisty line of stepping stones as if for crossing a brook—some close together, others far apart. Each Brownie to try the course in turn, two tries. In the second try she carries in her hand a board about eight inches square on which is a small ball which, of course, must not be dropped.

(Object similar to that of “Walking the Plank.”)

First Class Brownie

These are what you have to do to become a First Class Brownie.

I. Intelligence. Know the semaphore alphabet and know how to send and read 3 letters out of 4 correctly.
Know how to count change of a dollar.
Know first and last stanzas of Star-Spangled Banner.
Know how to tell time by watch.
II. Handcraft.Know eight points of compass.
Knit scarf or make sewing bag, or make and dress a paper doll.
Clean knives, forks and spoons.
III. Service.Carry a message and remember it for five minutes and deliver it correctly.
Fold clothes neatly.
IV. Health.Apply triangular bandage.
Perform five physical exercises.

THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER

Oh! say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light,

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?

Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,