#1042: Saw Toss

How does a boy learn right from wrong?

Sometimes, boys can learn more from our mistakes than from our teaching.  Brian had just finished teaching ax and saw safety to a troop of boys eager to build towers and rope bridges.  While loading his equipment, he carelessly tossed a saw that bounced and rolled to within a foot of the boys he had just taught about safety.

Everyone froze.  They all stared as he pulled out his wood tools safety card, and handed it to the 14-year-old troop leader, who tore it up and said he would have to take the safety course again!

Brian graciously accepted the consequences from a boy leader.  All the boys learned that day that real men accept responsibility.

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