Baloo's bugle volume 22, Number 6 The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance

CLOSING CEREMONIES

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  Cue cards with the Cubs' lines printed on the back. On the front you could have an outline map of the country whose language the Scout will be saying hello or a picture of that country's Scouting logo.
  
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  You may also wish to post a banner with a map showing all the countries with Scouting or a poster with each country's Scouting organization logo.
  

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  If you need more countries or want to use one not listed, feel free to add or delete. If you go to one of the following:
  
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  http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2015/08/goodbye-other-languages/
  
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  http://www.wikihow.com/Sample/Ways-to-Say-Goodbye
  
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  http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/goodbye.htm
  

1. 
   Spanish: Hola (OH-lah)
   
2. 
   French: Bonjour (bohn-ZHOOR)
   
3. 
   German: Guten Tag (GOOT-en Tahg)
   
4. 
   Mandarin: Ni hao (nee-HOW)
   
5. 
   Russian: Zdravstvuite (ZzDrast-vet- yah)
   
6. 
   Mohawk: Sekoh (SEH-goh)
   
7. 
   Swahili: Jambo (JAM-bo)
   
8. 
   Arabic: A1 salaam a'alaykum (AHL sah-LAHM-ah ah-LAY-koom)
   
9. 
   Hindi: Nahmaste (nah-mah-STAY)
   
10. 
    Hebrew: Shalom (Sha-LOHM)
    
11. 
    Hawaiian: Aloha (ah-LOW-ha)
    

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  Have U.S. and pack flags posted.
  
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  Have a boy hold the Chinese flag or picture of the flag or map of China. (Or any other country or countries that you wish)
  
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  Write each boy's part of the poem in LARGE print on a card for him to read his part in turn.
  

1. 
   Last night I watched the sunset
   When my day was almost done,
   And thought about another boy
   Whose day had just begun.
   
2. 
   I’ll probably never know him,
   Since we’re half a world apart.
   How different we must be
   If my day ends as his day starts.
   
3. 
   On the far side of the sunshine,
   On the other end of day,
   Lives a boy who seems a stranger
   In a hundred different ways.
   
4. 
   Still I think we might discover
   If we look beneath the skin,
   That instead of being strangers,
   He and I are more like twins.
   
5. 
   His skin’s another color,
   And he walks another shore.
   The flag that he salutes
   Is not the flag that I adore.
   
6. 
   But listen to his heartbeat,
   Oh, just listen to his dreams.
   You’ll know that deep inside
   We aren’t as different as we seem.
   
7. 
   I think I’ll write a message.
   I might send it on the wind.
   So when he hears it blowing
   He will know he has a friend.
   
8. 
   I think that I can touch him
   If I reach out with my heart.
   How different can we be
   When we’re just half a day apart?
   
9. 
   On the far side of the sunshine,
   On the other end of day,
   Lives a boy who exactly like me
   In the most important ways.
   
10. 
    Yes, I know we will discover
    When we look beneath the skin,
    That instead of being strangers,
    He and I are really twins!
    

1. 
   Our leaders are grand, the best in the land
   
2. 
   They deserve a thank you, and a big hand, too.
   
3. 
   This celebration's the time and the place, to tell them we think so, right to their face.
   
4. 
   So thanks to the Den Leaders, Committee and Cubmaster, at making Scouting fun, they're truly the masters.
   
5. 
   But there's someone special we don't want to leave out, after all, they're a big part of what Scouting's about.
   
6. 
   We want to say thank you, Mom and Dad, and tell you that we are really glad.
   
7. 
   To have you as parents, yes it's true, because of your help and all that you do.
   
8. 
   To help us through Scouting's achievements and ranks you truly deserve our heartfelt thanks.
   

Boys hold cards spelling "ADIOS" which is Spanish for good-bye. Each boy reads one of the parts and after the last one is read, all boys shout "Adios."

1. 
   A - We came together and had our fun. It seems as though we'd just begun.
   
2. 
   D - We sang and danced and played some games. And had some fun with Spanish names.
   
3. 
   I - We ate new foods and learned how Spanish children play and shout.
   
4. 
   O- We dressed in ponchos we had made, and took siestas in the shade.
   
5. 
   S - But now the time has come to say, "Adios until another day!" "ADIOS ! "