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Description

Plan a moving on ceremony, as a special moment for Squirrels who are moving on to Beavers.

Resources

Moving on ceremony cloth

Instructions

Read the story. Present badges. Say nice things about Squirrel. Say poem. Climb down tree to river. Beaver Investiture.
Poem:
Like an acorn grows into an oak tree,
I am ready to see what's next for me.
My time as a Squirrel is almost done,
But as I become a Beaver, I know there'll be lots more fun!

Story:
In the river, on the far side of the woods, lived a friendly group of beavers. As beavers do, they’d built a big long dam, all the way from one side of the river to the other. What do you think they used to make their dam? All sorts of things - stones, branches, sticks and mud!

Before long, a beautiful pool appeared. Right in the middle of the pool, the busy beavers built their home, which they call a lodge. What noise do you think the beavers made when they were swimming around?

All was well, until one day, there was a big storm, and part of their dam fell down. “Oh no!” said the beavers. “What’s going to happen to our lodge?”

Luckily, beavers are always prepared. They had a pile of branches and sticks ready, and with a splish, splash and a splosh, they quickly got to work repairing their dam.

“This looks great” the beavers said, “we just need one more stick”. They searched and searched all around, and there were no more sticks anywhere to be seen!

Across the woods, from high up in the tallest tree, a squirrel spotted the beavers’ struggle. What do you think the squirrel decided to do?

Because squirrels are kind and helpful, they took a spare stick from their drey (their nest). Then they set off, through the woods, jumping high from tree to tree, all the way to the river.

“I’ve got a spare stick, if you’d like it” said the squirrel. The beavers were so grateful, that they asked the squirrel “Do you want to join our Colony?” The squirrel was confused. ‘What is a Colony?’ they said. “It’s just the name of a group of beavers”, explained a friendly beaver.

The squirrel thought carefully about this. They thought about all the new adventures they could have with the beavers and all the new friends they could make. What do you think the squirrel said? “Yes please!” the squirrel replied.

The squirrel went to put the final stick on the dam, and something strange happened. Suddenly, the water around seemed to sparkle and twinkle, as if the light was dancing, and they heard a magical sound.

Then, something amazing happened. The squirrel’s fluffy tail started to lose its fluff and became shorter and flatter, like a paddle. “Wow” the squirrel thought “this will be great to move around in the water. And that wasn’t all!.. Their front teeth grew strong and long, and their pointy ears became round. They looked down at their paws, and saw them turn into beautiful webbed feet, like flippers. “Wow” they said “I’ll be able to swim really fast with these!”

It was then the squirrel realised, they’d become a beaver too!

Tags

• Investiture
• moving on
• moving up
• squirrels
• squirrels moving on

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