The past year, I have completely dedicated my time to the Cub Scout Program. I also put in a bit of time with the Youth of our Ward doing Youth Conference. Needless to say the stitchin part of Sandbaby has come to a halt! Let me catch you up with the past activities, and you can be the judge of whether or not I am insane.
It all started in January when Aaron and I were called to be in charge of Youth Conference. Within a short time I got a call to be in charge of our Districts Cub Scout Day Camp Activities. Okay, I can handle that. Then I got a call shortly after that to be on staff at Akela's Council. Well being me, I want to do it all, so the answers were yes, yes, and yes. So onward and upward to the stress level of max.
The Story of Tinkers
the Truck
Once upon a time there was an old, old lady. The lady’s name was Connee Cub Scout. She was going about her own business, when
she got a call from Cubmaster Annette.
Cubmaster Annette asked Cub Scout Connee, “Will you come to Akela’s
Council and be my friend.” Cub Scout
Connee really wanted to go, because she didn’t have any friends, people thought
she was crazy. She pretended like she
had a husband, and said she’d need to talk to him about it. Cub Scout Connee sat by the phone for a few
days to get up the nerve to call Cubmaster Annette back, she was so unnerved
that anyone would want her to help. She
was known to be a bumbling idiot, and so it was quite an opportunity to prove
it wrong.
Time passed on and on before the big event, Akela’s Council,
finally came. Cub Scout Connee had been
ready to go since the day Cubmaster Annette called. She had emptied out every online store of
many, many craft items. She was so
excited to prove she could do it.
As Cub Scout Connee was beginning to pack, Tinkers the Truck
said, “I wanna go too!!! Can I? Can I?.”
Against Cub Scout Connee’s better judgement she said he would go. Tinkers had been known to go through many a
fuel filter, but she still said he could go.
After Cub Scout Connee loaded up Tinkers, he and Connee went
to pick up Nurse Jamie. Jamie wasn’t
really a nurse, but she said that everyone had to call her that, or she
wouldn’t play. Jamie was ready to go in
no time, and it was off to pick up Sharlett the Harlett. Sharlett got her name from when she received
her silver beaver, and it just stuck with Connee Cub Scout.
Off went Connee, Jamie and Sharlett in Tinkers the truck,
pulling Stinky the Trailer. Up, up, up they went all the way up the
mountain. They laughed and laughed as
Sharlett the Harlett talked of her many tales.
They were so happy to make it.
After they decided where they were going they tried to get Tinkers to take
them. Tinkers coughed and coughed and
said he wouldn’t move an inch. “I am
tired and full of gunk, I won’t move another inch.” Cub Scout Connee cried, “ What you
&*)%^D$ Truck, now get moving Tinkers.”
Tinkers just sat there with a smug grin on his face, and didn’t move,
not one bit. Mac the Doodle, a very wise
Cub Scout saw that Tinkers wasn’t going to move, and he tried and tried. Tinkers just sat there and wouldn’t move a
bit. Soon Scotty the Beaver came
along. “What seems to be trouble?,”
Scotty asked. “Tinkers, just won’t get
up and play,” said Connee Cub Scout. “He
seems to have a full filter and needs a change,” said Mac the Doodle. “Let me see if I can help,” said Scotty the Beaver, and he went straight
to work. He twisted and turned and
stretched and pumped, and still Tinkers would not turn over. “It is hopeless,” said Scotty the Beaver, and then everyone
went on their way leaving Tinkers all by
himself. Later on Connee Cub Scout found
out a few trick to try to play on Tinkers, so she went straight to work trick
him into starting. “I am so smart,” said
Connee Cub Scout and proceeded to lock the keys in Tinkers. Tinkers sat there with that same smug smile,
and said, “What you gonna do now?”
Connee Cub Scout started to sweat.
She sweat and sweat and sweat.
Her little tummy went flip flop, flip flop. How could she tell Mac the Doodle and Scotty
the Beaver what had happened. She
stomped around and then she got up the nerve to tell Mac the Doodle. Mac looked at Connee Cub Scout like, what was
Cubmaster Annette thinking, I don’t have time for this idiot. Connee Cub Scout was real, real dumb.
Cub Scout Connee had to call Sorenson the Squirrel to come
help get the key out of Tinkers. He was
able to open up tinkers real fast and retrieve the key. Connee Cub Scout asked Sorenson the Squirrel
to try to help Tinkers get up and going. RRRRRRRRRR….RRRRRRRRRR…..RRRRRRR Tinkers
could not start. “ Your going to have to call Tommy the Tow Truck and take him
to town to get going,” said Sorenson the Squirrel. So, Connee Cub Scout called and got Tommy the
tow truck to come take Tinkers to town.
When Tommy the Tow truck got there, Sharlett the Harlett saw that
Tinkers got safely to town.
Days went on and Akela’s Council was going just great. Cubmaster Annette had wondered, “What was I
thinking asking Cub Scout Connee to come’, but all seemed to be going all right
for now.
Soon it was time to go get Tinker’s and bring him back up the
mountain. He really didn’t like to camp,
so he had enjoyed his time in town. Mac
the Doodle and Cub Scout Connee went and got him. He zoomed up the mountain, he was so happy to
be able to suck his fuel up so nice and clean.
Up, up, up the mountain he went.
Soon he and Stinky the Trailer were reunited. They sat there for days just looking at each
other and talking about going home.
Finally the big day came!
It was time to go home. Tinkers
and Stinky were so excited. They were
filled up with boxed and bags and stinky clothes. They were filled to the brim and ready for
the big trip home. Tired and smelly Cub
Scout Connee, Nurse Jamie and Sharlett the Harlett climbed up into Tinkers big
cab to make their way home. Down the
hill they went. Sharlett telling her
tales and everyone laughing all the way.
Fast they went down the road headed for St. George, when Connee Cub
Scout saw the sign “Birdseye”. “Oops,
did that say Birdseye? We are headed
north,” cried Connee Cub Scout. “Hurry
and turn around and don’t wake up Nurse Jamie,” said Sharlett the Harlett. But the hysterical laughing soon woke up
Nurse Jamie. Back, back, back they went
all the way until finally they got to
Nephi. Tired and hungry they stopped to
eat and fuel. Connee Cub Scout promptly
jumped out of Tinkers and started filling him with gas. He gulped and gulped. Sharlett the Harlett joined Connee Cub Scout,
and asked, “Is that diesel?”
“)U%$*)&%(*(%%,”., said Connee Cub Scout, as she abruptly halted the
fuel from feeding Tinkers. “Now what?,”
thought Connee Cub Scout. “I am tired, I
have Nurse Jamie and Sharlett the Harlett, and we are 200 miles from home.” Connee Cub Scout called her imaginary husband
air-on. Air-on told her to call the
Giant of Nephi, Craig. Craig the giant
was very disappointed in the stupid, stupid Connee Cub Scout. He would be there shortly, Connee the Cub
Scout was to sit tight, and touch nothing.
Connee the Cub Scout, Nurse Jamie and Sharlett the Harlett lost it at
this point. They laughed and laughed and
laughed. They would not be going home
tonight after all. Connee the Cub Scout
somehow was not going to get Nurse Jamie or Sharlett the Harlett home on
time. Tinkers the truck had a sick sick
belly. Richard the furry mechanic had to
come pump out Tinkers tummy. He pumped
and pumped until all the nasty gas was from his stomach. He felt much better as he was filled with his
fine diesel. Cub Scout Connee, Nurse
Jamie and Sharlett the Harlett were forced to stay with Craig the Giant. They snored all the night long. In the morning they jumped in Tinkers and
traveled the long journey to St.
George. When they got home Nurse
Jamie and Sharlett the Harlett never spoke to Cub Scout Connee, Tinkers of
Stinky the Trailer again.
The End.
When I get the pictures I will tell how our Day Camp went.
