Keren Burchtorf
Committee Chairman, Pack 162
Boise, Idaho
JAVADRNKER@aol.com

An action story. Assign groups to do each of the actions as described,
which they do each time the word is spoken.

FARMER BROWN'S GATE

OLD FARMER BROWN -- ooohhhh
GATE -- squeaky noise
CAT -- meow
COW -- mooo
PIGS -- oink
CHICKEN -- cluck
WIND -- blowing noise
SNORE -- snoring noise

OLD FARMER BROWN... had a very old GATE... that creaked every time the
WIND... blew. When the GATE... creaked, it scared the COW... in the
barn, the CHICKENS... in the yard, the PIGS... in the slop, and the
CAT... in the house.

On day OLD FARMER BROWN... and his old wife where sitting on the porch
in their rocking chairs. Finally, the old wife said to OLD FARMER
BROWN... , "My dear, every time the WIND... blows, that very old GATE... 
creaks and it scares the COW... in the barn, the CHICKENS... in the
yard, the PIGS... in the slop and the CAT... in the house, so please go
fix that very old GATE... "

Suddenly, a big storm rolled in. It started to rain and the WIND... blew
and the WIND... blew some more. The more the WIND... blew, the more the
very old GATE... creaked. The more the very old GATE... squeaked, the
more it scared the COW... in the barn, the CHICKENS... in the yard, the
PIGS... in the slop, and the CAT... in the house. The more it scared the
COW... in the barn, the CHICKENS... in the yard, the PIGS... in the
slop, and the CAT... in the house, the more irratated OLD FARMER
BROWN'S... wife became.

Finally, OLD FARMER BROWN got out of his rocking chair, went downstairs
and fetched his oil can. He went out to that very old GATE..., gave it a
shot of oil, and hammered in the nails. Now the very old GATE... was
fixed. It no longer squeaked and scared the COWS... in the barn, the
CHICKENS.. in the yard, the PIGS... in the slop, and the CAT... in the
house. All was peaceful on the farm again. So peaceful in fact, that all
you can hear on OLD FARMER BROWN'S... farm now, is his old wife
snoring... !


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