Hanny told the girls she would try very hard to attend the Wednesday Brownie Scout meeting.
“I’ve told you about Holland,” she declared. “Now you must tell me more about the Brownie Scout organization.”
“Our motto is ‘Be Prepared!’” Sunny explained. “I guess it means learning how to do things well ahead of time, so they can be done right when you’re called on to do it.”
“You ought to learn the greeting too,” Vevi asserted. “When one Brownie Scout meets another, she doesn’t just say ‘Hi!’”
“You use the sign of friendship.” Rosemary took up the explanation. “See, it’s done this way.”
She held up her first two fingers, stiff and straight, token of the two parts of the Brownie Scout Promise.
“The promise is this,” she added: “‘I promise to do my best to love God and my country, to help other people every day, especially those at home’.”
“I know that part,” Hanny declared.
“I guess you help out plenty at home,” Connie said. “Do you know the slogan?”
Hanny shook her head.