se sounds filled the sunny morning. Presently there
fell on the ears of Akela (who was still in her "den") the sound of an
argument.

"I say it's _dirt_," cried one; "he's a dirty-neck, who doesn't know how
to wash himself. . . ."

"'Taint!" squealed a small Cub; "it's the sun what's made my neck
_brown_."

"Garn! it's not using soap what's made your neck that colour, dirty
little. . . ."

_Splosh!_ Somebody got a wet flannel in the eye that time.

"Now, then, what's up?" cries a Sixer, coming up to the group. Quite a
little crowd collects.

"He says my neck's _dirty_," wails the small Cub, "and really it's the
sun. . . ."

Someone has a bright idea: "Let's ask Miss."

So Akela comes out, and scrubs the neck in question with soap and
flannel. It turns out to be nearly all sunburn, with just a _little_
dirt.

The sun is shining, and the sky is full of "flocks of sheep"--those
tiny, steady white clouds that stretch in close rows across the sky in
fine weather. The dew on the grass is nearly dry already when the Cubs
get to the field.

"Prayers!" calls Akela, and the Cubs come up quietly and form a kneeling
circle.

I haven't told you what the morning prayers of the Cubs were, so I will
tell you now.

A PRAYER THAT WE MAY PRAY WELL (_see page 6_).

OUR FATHER.

_V._ Incline unto mine aid, O God.
_R._ O Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory be to the Father, etc.

HYMN.

The star of morn to night succeeds,
We therefore meekly pray:
May God in all our words and deeds
Keep us from harm this day.

May He in love restrain us still
From tones of strife and words of ill;
And may earth's beauties that we see
Remind us always, Lord, of Thee. _Amen._

CONFESSION.

I confess to Almighty God that I have sinned
against Him in thought, word, and deed. (_Pause a
moment and think of your sins._) May Almighty God
have mercy upon us, and forgive us our sins, and
bring us to life everlasting.

_Let us pray_

A PRAYER THAT THIS DAY MAY BE PLEASING TO GOD.

O Lord God Almighty, Who hast brought us to the
beginning of this day, defend us in the same by
Thy power, that we may not fall this day into any
sin, but that all our thoughts, words, and works
may be directed to the fulfilment