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Learn about others, but be what you are.There once was a man that enjoyed watching the black Raven's fly around, play, squawk, and chatter. He enjoyed them so much he would climb trees just to be closer to them. For ...

Ballad of Johnny ODell Story

Wild are the tales of the Pony Express And most of them are true if I don't miss my guess. But wildest of all tales that they tell Is that of fearless young Johnny O'Dell. Johnny was little, but he ...

Barnabas and Sebastian Story

This Story has scary parts. An old man named Barnabas lived with his dog in a house a big old house his grandfather had built long ago. Barnabas used to own a store in town, but now he was retired ...

Bat Story

Once there was a great war between the beasts and the birds. Bat was on the birds' side. In the first battle, the birds were badly beaten. As soon as Bat saw that the battle was going against them, he ...

Battle of the Snakes Story

There was a man who was not kind to animals. One day when he was hunting, he found a rattlesnake and decided to torture it. He held its head to the ground and pierced it with a piece of bark. ...

Bear Bells Story

This Story is meant for Boy Scouts. Decide for yourself if it is appropriate for your younger scouts or not.One summer, a fellow from the big city was going on a camping trip into the Rocky Mountains. He got all ...

Birch Trees Bark Story

It was a hot day, and Old-man was trying to sleep, but the heat made him sick. He wandered to a hilltop for air; but there was no air. Then he went down to the river and found no relief. ...

Blind Men and Raccoon Story

This Story is meant for Boy Scouts. Decide for yourself if it is appropriate for your younger scouts or not.Two old Indian brothers lived together in a wigwam by a lake. Every day, they took turns getting water and cooking ...

Bloody Finger Story

This Story has scary parts and is meant for Boy Scouts. Decide for yourself if it is appropriate for your younger scouts or not.Some Boy Scouts went on a kayaking trip one year. On their way home, they stopped at ...

Bloody Finger Story

This Story has scary parts and is meant for Boy Scouts, Webelos scouts. Decide for yourself if it is appropriate for your younger scouts or not. Preparation: Get a small box, such as a cardboard jewelry box. Cut a whole ...

Boy and the RattleSnake Story

A little boy was walking down a path and he came across a rattlesnake. The rattlesnake was getting old. He asked, "Please little boy, can you take me to the top of the mountain? I hope to see the sunset ...

Car Wreck Story

This Story has scary parts and is meant for Boy Scouts. Decide for yourself if it is appropriate for your younger scouts or not.Notes:This is a good one to tell in Sept. or Oct. or keep it ready for that ...

Coyote Angers Rock Story

This Story is meant for Boy Scouts, Bear scouts, Webelos scouts. Decide for yourself if it is appropriate for your younger scouts or not.One spring day, Coyote and Fox were out for a walk. When they came to a big ...

Cremation of Sam McGee Story

This Story has scary parts and is meant for Boy Scouts, Webelos scouts. Decide for yourself if it is appropriate for your younger scouts or not. Notes: This story can be told as a scary story around a campfire. It ...

Cricket and Cougar Story

Cougar is the mightiest of the animals in the forest. Cougar was walking in the forest, and he jumped onto a fallen log to look around. From inside the log came a tiny voice."Get off the roof of my lodge!" ...

Eagle and Red Tail Hawk Story

This Story is meant for Boy Scouts. Decide for yourself if it is appropriate for your younger scouts or not. Long ago, Eagle and Red Tail Hawk were the same size and very good friends. But Red Tail was a ...

Falcon and the Duck Story

Do not exult too soon; nor is it wise to tell of your brave deeds within the hearing of your enemy. The wintry winds had already begun to whistle and the waves to rise when the Drake and his mate ...

Falling Rock Story

An Indian chief, Rising Sun, was concerned with how white men were expanding across the forests, plains, and mountains. His tribe was very small, but as every tribe and nation was being overpowered and sent to reservations, he came up ...

Field Mouse and Buffalo Story

If you are proud and selfish you will lose all in the end. Once upon a time, when the Field-Mouse was out gathering wild beans for the winter, his neighbor, the Buffalo, came down to graze in the meadow. This ...

Finger Rock Trail Ghost Story

This Story has scary parts.As reported by a volunteer for the Southern Arizona Rescue Association. In all my years of reporting on the outdoors, no story stands out as clearly as this one. Perhaps it's because I was in charge ...

Fire Tail Story

Very long ago, a band of Indians was drying deer meat in the sun. They thought how wonderful it would be to have a small sun to dry the meat better and keep them warm when the big sun set ...

First Dog Story

This Story is meant for Boy Scouts. Decide for yourself if it is appropriate for your younger scouts or not. Two Ojibwa Indians in a canoe had been blown far from shore by a great wind. They had gone far ...

First Flute Story

The flute of the Lakota, the siyotanka, is for only one kind of music, love music. In the old days the men would sit by themselves, maybe lean hidden, unseen, against a tree in the dark of night. They would ...

First Mocassins Story

There was once a great chief on the Plains who had very tender feet. Other mighty chiefs laughed at him; little chiefs only smiled as he hobbled past; and though they did not dare to smile, the people of the ...

Flesheating Rabid Zombie Chipmunks Story

This Story has scary parts and is meant for Boy Scouts. Decide for yourself if it is appropriate for your younger scouts or not. Years ago, when I was your age, I endured a night of terror from which I ...

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