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fall on the ground were devoured by deer, etc., or were dried up.

"How many nuts that are planted actually grow into a tree, Daddy?" asked the girl.

"Oh, maybe one in twenty".

"Well, if I ga that squirrel sixty nuts that it planted would that be the same as if I had planted three forest trees?"

"Why, my child?".

"Because I want to qualify in the Brownie Lodge. I have got to plant three forest trees for one of the main things".

The honors of the Woodcraft league are for beauty, truth, fortitude and love, and the smaller vices of childhood are so isolated, so lonely, so unproductive in our camp life and town activities that without much notice or much comment they die a natural death. All our work is to reward accomplishment, not to punish viciousness. We do not find that latter necessary. No child is born bad; and they will never become bad if we do not force them to it by foolish methods. Only give them a chance and do it wisely then all will be well. This is the big thought of Woodcraft.